My dovii spawned before and kept two sets of frys in different containers, Several were kept in a tank with black gravel and another set in large white plastic container without gravel, both were fed the same diet. At one time I needed the plastic container to house something else and decided to put all the dovii fry from 1.5 inch to 2.5 inch in size in the tank with black gravel, what I noticed is that the newcomers were much lighter in color than the older residents in the tank. A couple of days later all the dovii were dark in color. I know fry and juvenile tend to change color to avoid predation, but does the same behavior happen to larger adult fish ?
Environment and cichlid colors
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Sure. Black will wash out a flowerhorn.
Gray background with white substrate will make the fish very bland. I use to like black but this faded blue backround I have now really makes the blue hues stand out and the pinks in my fenestratus look amazing. Color of environment has alot to do with coloration.
Gray background with white substrate will make the fish very bland. I use to like black but this faded blue backround I have now really makes the blue hues stand out and the pinks in my fenestratus look amazing. Color of environment has alot to do with coloration.
I had 3 juvenile Tex/Con hybrids in my main tank with a dark substrate, and 3 more of the same spawn that were in a 5G QT tank, with no substrate. the ones in the main tank were dark gray, the ones in the QT tank were nearly white
when I put the white ones back into the main tank, for about a day you could easily tell which ones were which . . . a day later, they were all the same dark gray color
when I put the white ones back into the main tank, for about a day you could easily tell which ones were which . . . a day later, they were all the same dark gray color
Absolutely. Colors will also change based on whether or not a fish is dominant or submissive. I've moved severums around that went from dark and showing their bars to light and no bars, just based on their pecking order.
Discus are really bad on dark backgrounds unless they're albino (and therefore can't show their black pigment). Discus on dark substrate or backgrounds turn dark, sometimes to the point of appearing sick.
Discus are really bad on dark backgrounds unless they're albino (and therefore can't show their black pigment). Discus on dark substrate or backgrounds turn dark, sometimes to the point of appearing sick.
Okay that leaves me no hope of putting back my black gravel. Stuck with white coral gravel right now.