i want opinions on my orionos

[wheatgerm]

i know its impossible to be able to tell where these came from but its not adding up right from the pictures i see on here and what my fish are looking like so tell me what you think?
these are my 3 "metas" they are all about 11-13 inches

now here is my cusiana he is about 9 inches

side by side...

i know the metas go threw a spangled stage, but to me it seem the golden green color is wrong for metas and i also dont see much blue on the fins. my cusiana looks more blue to me. anyways im more than happy with how my fish look i just wanted to know some others opinions. cant wait to see what they look like in another 6 + inches

 

[johno27]

They almost look to be showing a "stress" patern

Even though the cusiana is smaller he might be the boss of the tank. Either that or they are just late bloomers p-bass can go through some wild color changes for sure.

for example this is the same fish pictures are taken around 2 weeks apart.

By johno27 at 2011-12-13

 

[wheatgerm]

I really don't think they are stressed but its possible! I know what your saying about color change though! I have watched them change a ton over the last few months. But it seems they are becoming more gold with more spangling when they were about 6 inches they were bright green/blue with powder blue fins and almost no spangling

 

[wheatgerm]

Oh and they are all on nls krill and occasionally shrimp and tilapia

 

[Houdini89]

Nice colllection of O's......

 

[Freshwaterpredator22]

cant wait till mine get that big ...beautiful

 

[wheatgerm]

Nice colllection of O's......

thanks! Any guesses on collection points based off others you've seen? Lol

 

[wheatgerm]

cant wait till mine get that big ...beautiful

thanks! Like I said im not upset with how they are looking, just curious that mine don't look like alot of other metas posted on here. And i have been waiting a long time for them to be this size haha but enjoy all the stages they go threw because you only get that stage once!

 

[bassinmike85]

rio meta and columbia orinos imo..

 

[HULON]

My Meta's showed red and spangle and were Very gold just be patient they will change for ya!!By the way they look sharp/....