my bd pair have grew and they are ard 7in now. Male is the one with crazy donut, female is whiter.
Anyone have a true black diamond?
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OK, so a "Black Diamond" is a Potamotrygon leopoldi? So it is a Leo. It is just a glorified Leo. Beautiful none the less.
My thoughts are, it is just a nickname for a "strain" of Leo. Similar to the way Discus have several different "strain" names to differentiate the color types. Maybe this will change with DNA classification as I believe they have not done DNA classification for many ray species, if any?
I do think vendors selling the "black diamond" rays should make this more clear (maybe they do?) but I am sure that if they do not, it is because people might not find them as valuable if they were listed as a Leo. I do however notice that H2O has them listed as a Leo. I have heard great things about that vendor so that is no surprise.
Either way they are just a Leo, not to say they should be considered less valuable. It is a case of beauty is in the eyes of the beholder/buyer. For instance, I personally think a great Henlei is more beautiful than just about any BD I have seen but that is just my opinion.
My thoughts are, it is just a nickname for a "strain" of Leo. Similar to the way Discus have several different "strain" names to differentiate the color types. Maybe this will change with DNA classification as I believe they have not done DNA classification for many ray species, if any?
I do think vendors selling the "black diamond" rays should make this more clear (maybe they do?) but I am sure that if they do not, it is because people might not find them as valuable if they were listed as a Leo. I do however notice that H2O has them listed as a Leo. I have heard great things about that vendor so that is no surprise.
Either way they are just a Leo, not to say they should be considered less valuable. It is a case of beauty is in the eyes of the beholder/buyer. For instance, I personally think a great Henlei is more beautiful than just about any BD I have seen but that is just my opinion.
vamptrev;4529363; said:
No, I have only seen pictures and I have only seen a few ray species in person. But I also think that a really good motoro is more beautiful than an average Leo, again based on pics I have seen. My mind might change when seeing them in person tho. I don't get a lot of chances to see such beauties where I am at. Actually, the only Leos I have seen are the ones at Shed Aquarium. So, basically my visual experiences are mostly based on pics for this site and else were on the net.
Sad I know. But I am planning a 2000g ray tank that I plan on building next year (soon as I move) and I am SOOOOOO exited about it. Not sure what rays I am going to get tho.