hermandrum : i do heard about it b4. no harm trying. remember i did posted a few shots of my friend's maruloides in the paint shop ? well only 1 out of the 4 possess distinct colouration and formation of flowers the rest...sad to say only 1 without any flowers on the blotches and d other 2...only a few..last week i went to the LFS (which i bought my gold channa micropletes) and they have 3 adult maruloides there selling at RM100 unfortunately i would say yours is better