Convict colour explosion!

[Darky]

Okay so Im sitting there watching my cons right, when I see they start doing funny things...e.g tail wacking, gill flaring... I knew straight away this was mating behaviour, but then, almost INSTANTANEOUSLY the females black stripes went pitch black, and all her other colours came out amazingly! As did the male go a deep shade of blue/black. Was amazing to watch! I thought that the colours would change slowly? Man that was cool!

 

[Mystix212]

When breeding time comes, the colours just explode with awesomeness. Mine pretty much have ace colours 100%. I finds my silver angel changes his colours quite frequently, depending on mood. If he's angry, chasing food/feeders his bars go Jet black, so unfortuantely he spends most of his time without the bars. Meaning you cant see them. Oh, he could also go from no bars to full in about 3-4 seconds.

 

[jaws19]

ahh yes i see this every other week. very fun to watch have you seen your convicts spawn?

 

[jconley]

That's one of the reasons I prefer to keep Freshwater fish over Saltwater fish! Sure saltwater fish ARE beautiful, but they look the same dead or alive lol. Most freshwater fish can change/ enhance their color on a whim. Once you get to now your fish, you can tell when their excited/pissed, depressed or lookin' for some lovin' LOL! Rainbow fish from Australia and New Guinea are prime examples. Also their color changes can be indicative of a problem: poor water, disease, getting picked on .... with most salt fish that you see in the hobby, this isn't true.

Anyway, glad your happy with your convicts. I love the way my HRPs color up when breeding too.

 

[jaws19]

That's one of the reasons I prefer to keep Freshwater fish over Saltwater fish! Sure saltwater fish ARE beautiful, but they look the same dead or alive lol. Most freshwater fish can change/ enhance their color on a whim. Once you get to now your fish, you can tell when their excited/pissed, depressed or lookin' for some lovin' LOL! Rainbow fish from Australia and New Guinea are prime examples. Also their color changes can be indicative of a problem: poor water, disease, getting picked on .... with most salt fish that you see in the hobby, this isn't true.

QUOTE]

im with you there my friends saltwater goby died and it looked just like it was new for a week intell other fish strated to eat it.