Is 7 band channa Mauriliodes rare?
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LH and RH side possess 7 band equally ?? if affirmative, congrats..for the time being cos 2nd stage..wait for the black/silver rim scales (flowers) to grow on the band if it does...u r damn lucky to own a " difficult to find " specimen. i wouldnt want to say rare cos in the wild there've been report of hook up 7-8 band specimen and those anglers wouldnt want to part with their prize possession. i have seen video footage and photos of those "beauties from the wild...."
please do take note that not all fish possess equal distribution of band on both side of the body. some possess 5 on the RH and 6 on the other side. some 6 on the other side and 7 on the other side. Believe it or not I have spent a lot of time, effort and money searching for the best specimen and yet unsuccessful, on the grounds either this wild caught specimen died, juveniles from LFS after reaching certain maturity stage do not possess any flowers and etc. recently after searching around for quite some time finally i found a juvenile with 6 band on the RH/LH side of the body and i hope flowers will developed. in order to obtained the max number of flowers on each of the band, priority on the thickness (width) of the band (mid-section of the body). the wider the band the max flowers it will grow. water conditions with the correct PH level and set up contributes as another important factor.
anyway i'm not an expert (scientific research on fish) i'm just sharing my knowledge on this specimen from my past experience and information given by maruloides fanatics.
please do take note that not all fish possess equal distribution of band on both side of the body. some possess 5 on the RH and 6 on the other side. some 6 on the other side and 7 on the other side. Believe it or not I have spent a lot of time, effort and money searching for the best specimen and yet unsuccessful, on the grounds either this wild caught specimen died, juveniles from LFS after reaching certain maturity stage do not possess any flowers and etc. recently after searching around for quite some time finally i found a juvenile with 6 band on the RH/LH side of the body and i hope flowers will developed. in order to obtained the max number of flowers on each of the band, priority on the thickness (width) of the band (mid-section of the body). the wider the band the max flowers it will grow. water conditions with the correct PH level and set up contributes as another important factor.
anyway i'm not an expert (scientific research on fish) i'm just sharing my knowledge on this specimen from my past experience and information given by maruloides fanatics.
it is fairly rare in the trade , but not rare in the wild , it will still not hold any more value to a normal 5-6 band unless the flowers develop and develop well , so if you want to end up with a 7 band full flower fish ,which are increadably rare in the trade , but again not too rare in the wild , you need to maintain that fish in very low ph , i would suggest you unload a large bag of indian almond leaves into the tank which will lower the ph and add the tannins needed for flower development
on each band , under optimal conditions they will develop white patches that take on the shape of a flower on a good specamin , some just devolop little patches of white and some do not develop any at all.
iam sure one of the boys will post up a flowered one for you , i have none on hard drive
cheers col
iam sure one of the boys will post up a flowered one for you , i have none on hard drive
cheers col