I have a male and a female flower ray about 9" in size. i just noticed today that the males tail is about 3 - 4" longer than the females. The male is also a lot lighter than the female. also as of late the male is getting DARK black spots popping up on his pattern where there is supposed to be black. this is my first pair ever and i dont have any experience with them really. any ideas?
Flower Ray tails
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ok well as for the tails flowers are born with roughly 5 black and 5 white bands after the stinger.. As they age predators and/or mishaps can cause the tail to break and it doesn't grow back. All 3 of my flowers have different tail lengths. When I got my big girl she had 3 black and 3 white bands. She only has 2 of each left after my endlies got to her, GRRRR.. Color is a huge thing with flowers and it tends to vary greatly.. i have 2 that look similar and one that looks completely different. i started a thread requarding color and no definitive answer was established. I tried from barebottom to a black sand and not much happened so... And as for the little black dots I think I know what you mean cause as my big girl aged she got random solid little black dots that popped up in weird places and stay there. Had one at first and now she has probably 5 or so.. very weird and I have concluding its not harming her but no idea honestly. Hope someone can answer this. Hope some of this helps
michael;2924823; said:
now that you mention it, my male's stinger is at about the middle of his tail and the female's stinger is almost flush with the end of her tail. maybe it was broken off at some point in her life. as far the barring goes the male has 7 after stinger and the female had 5. also noticed that the females "flowers" are a lot more defined than the males. his are more irregular.
hey Omar, they are rejects, Terry will take them off your hands for you!
(just kidding)
But for real, our flowers all have different length tails. And as far as the color goes. Ours are on black sand which will bring out that dark base. But it seems like the dominant female is ALWAYS the darkest, with the other female has a chocolate brown base, and the smallest of the three is light brown/cream colored. -Terrys Wife.
(just kidding)
But for real, our flowers all have different length tails. And as far as the color goes. Ours are on black sand which will bring out that dark base. But it seems like the dominant female is ALWAYS the darkest, with the other female has a chocolate brown base, and the smallest of the three is light brown/cream colored. -Terrys Wife.
Not really sure what you mean. There are so many variations in color and patterns in Flowers that your question doesn't make sense. Maybe if you are referring to two specific flowers and you could post some pictures then we could answer you.
