why the difference?
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Is he always like that. Or does change between that and some markings? How long have you had him?
The light colored one is always like that. The others change color but always +/- the first picture level. I've had all of them for about 2 months now (they are one batch), didn't notice this until a couple of weeks back. The darker ones go in to hiding most of the time when people are around, but the lighter one is almost always out, closer to the front of the glass.
maybe your fish is blind or cant see too well... how are his eating habits? will he chase what you feed him?
I never looked for it. I'll see how he is doing when I'm feeding next time. He is not the biggest cichla there, but not the smallest either. But I think you might have a point, regarding his sight. How did you come to that conclusion, if I may ask?
oh a friend of mine has a similar problem with his cichla kelberi. same pale color he picked it thinking it might be something special. attached is a photo of the fish, notice the eye is kinda blurry and the black part kinda small. we concluded this fish has sight problems but not completely blind. he chases fish by charging while keeping its mouth in contact with the tank bottom. when i take a net and put it in front of him, he doesn't move. but when you block the sunlight from the tank, it startles him a bit.. weird but yeah that's how i came up with that.. observe your fish first and tell us what you see
Let's hope it just turns out to be some super rare albino! unless the poor fella does have sight problems.
