MY POLYPTERUS CHANGED COLOR FOR GOOD? WITH PICS

[MikeGuerra]

hi guys i had gotten my polypterus endli about 3 weeks ago and he looked like this



now after 3 weeks he looks like this


the tank at the lfs was bare very bright.....my tank is black gravel driftwood and dark rocs could he just be changing from the surroundings?he is very healthy he swims around for a bit then lays on the bottom he hunts his food out everyday notin out of the ordinary...does anybody have an explanation for the color change?he turned this color about 4-5 days after i got him and is now that color all the time hes been like that for 2 and a half weeks now.............thanks mfk members............mike

 

[Aw3s0m3]

The darker substrate brings the color out more so he'll stay like that unless you put lighter substrate in. Btw, that's a lap, not an endli. Really really nice lap!


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[MikeGuerra]

thank you!! i was getting a little worried.......yea i was never into polypterus' before jus got into them about a month ago i posted a picture up when he was the lighter color for an i.d on him and they said endli....you guys would know better then me thats for sure lol but thanks for the advice and is he definetly a lap just so i know lol and stop calling him what he isn't......there are so many poly species how do you tell the difference is it all in the pattern?

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Ya. He is definitely a lap. If you google each, you'll see that endli's have vertical bandings that kinda zig zag while the laps have the thin horizontal bands and get a lot darker.


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[E.C.]

Definitely a lapridae, and the fish was sure to be stressed by the bright light which your LFS used.

 

[Dr.B]

He was just stressed and was in a light colored tank so now that he is comfortable and in a darker tank he'll get darker and getter distinct patterns

 

[fish042099]

He still looks good!

 

[D.Wolf]

He looks great like mentioned above, they try to blend in surroundings my endli became almost white because of white sand

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[MikeGuerra]

YES JUST WHAT I WANTED TO HERE GOOD......thanks guys.......yea he looks very healthy now all he did was lay on the bottom when he was the lighter color and yes the tank he was in at the lfs was veryyy bright....but now since he darker i guess likes his surrounding a lot more he interact with all the other fish.....he is about 9 inches he is with a silver aro about 12 inches a florida gar thats about 11 and a 9.5 inch CK. all very happy......thinking about getting anther polypterus the one in the picture are is a bottom dwealer all by himself..................thanks again guys

 

[Aw3s0m3]

YES JUST WHAT I WANTED TO HERE GOOD......thanks guys.......yea he looks very healthy now all he did was lay on the bottom when he was the lighter color and yes the tank he was in at the lfs was veryyy bright....but now since he darker i guess likes his surrounding a lot more he interact with all the other fish.....he is about 9 inches he is with a silver aro about 12 inches a florida gar thats about 11 and a 9.5 inch CK. all very happy......thinking about getting anther polypterus the one in the picture are is a bottom dwealer all by himself..................thanks again guys

You definitely should get another one... or 10! Haha. But seriously, I personally love endli's, laps, ornates and teugelsis so since you already have the lap, you should get the others


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