I have a adult labiatus that is starting to peel. He's about 9 inches. And is developing some yellowish color around his pelvic fins. I also noticed that some spots are becoming grey again. He still has a strong barred pattern as of now. My question was do they ever go through the color changes only to revert back to being barred?
Experiences with barred amphilophus changing color.
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A ton of people have. It is what barred RD's and Midas do. Not all I suppose. I have a petsmart Midas, so I haven't experienced the peeling first hand. It seems once they change color from barred, they do not go back to barred. That is what I have gathered from the many threads on the topic.
The process is actually a dying off of the melanin (dark pigment) producing cells. So there is no reverting back to barred.
I thought if you have a F1 labiatus or citrinellus from barred parrents it wouldn't be as likely for them to lose it that pattern.
Do you think stress is a factor in these fish losing that dark pigment?
Modest_Man;4900022; said:
Do you think stress is a factor in these fish losing that dark pigment?
I frankly have no idea how the genetic inheritance works with this trait but I'd assume you have less of a chance with two barred parents but still a chance. It's been documented at about a 10% rate in wild fish...if you have wild pair in tanks you can get upwards of 1000 offspring...100 which would theoretically change color.
Not stress related at all, it's a totally natural process seen in about 10% of the wild population.
They even have scientific journals about this stuff.
http://www.public.asu.edu/~kjmcgraw/pubs/PBZ2010b.pdf
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00736.x/full
Not stress related at all, it's a totally natural process seen in about 10% of the wild population.
They even have scientific journals about this stuff.
http://www.public.asu.edu/~kjmcgraw/pubs/PBZ2010b.pdf
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00736.x/full
