Blue Festae???

[trace]

I have seen festae with blue bars and markings instead of black. Seems like they were labeled as blue variant festae. I'll see if I can hunt down a pic or vid.


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[trace]

This one isn't labeled as such but has blue bars and looks like the ones that I saw that were. I have no idea if this is what your lfs had but this is what I was referring to.http://youtu.be/SR2xpD9V6YA


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[bomillyiam]

No such thing as a blue morph. Grade A Festae bars can vary between black, green, turquois at any given time based on environment and stressors. This is normal mostly with females. The base color can vary as well depending on mood. Last 2 pics are the same fish. They all will get black barring when paired for breeding. See pic 4.

 

[jiant2520]

Like everyone else... I've never heard of a "blue morph" and would love to see a pic or three!!

 

[oriqua]

Bomily who owns red girlie with blue bars wow

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[castro1212]

I think I know what you are talking about. A while back I posted a thread about a festae that was teal or blue in color and I thought it was a different strain or something but it was just stressed I guess at the lfs


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[Mythic Figment]

idk. the lights were standard t8 bulb warm white, the fish seemed blue not green. the owner showed me a book with them in it labeled as Nandopsis Festae "blue" collected from Ecuador

Never heard of a blue festae. Was it a legitimate book or are we talking about a binder with printouts? Because I can print you false profiles all day long that will seem real to anyone who doesn't know the difference. It's a shady tactic that many LFSs use to either help move fish out the door while fattening their wallets or label fish they honestly have no clue about. Those are the types of things I am very cautious about with LFSs and if they happen too often, I stop going to such stores.


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[Rocksor]

Maybe the fish are stressed out as a previous poster noted.

I've had a sick 6-7" male festae that only showed the blue spangling and none of the orange body color. Most of his body was covered in the blue spangling so he looked like he was teal in color.

 

[duanes]

same fish in 2 different shots

 

[Jc1119]

I'm with Bomilllyiam. They can completely change color at the drop of a dime. My female stayed blue barred for a long time depending on mood (stress).


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