pls help id my channe :)

[jganner]

anyone have information on melasoma?

 

[ExtraMe]

Stressed out

@bruki
this was taken when i first got it. the supplier said that he had it for about 9 months. it was 9 inches in length then. and now its about 12 inches in length.

 

[chronick]

oh yeah the pics of it stressed confirm it for me, im pretty certain its a maruolides

 

[ExtraMe]

what is the growth rate of maruloides and when does flower patterns show?

 

[Brucki]

Hi,

oh yeah the pics of it stressed confirm it for me, im pretty certain its a maruolides

Yes !! I agree !!!

 

[aidenb]

my "blue" emperor is 12"-13" and just started to get his flowers down his sides, they sort of seem to pop up in clumps every so often.

 

[ExtraMe]

my "blue" emperor is 12"-13" and just started to get his flowers down his sides, they sort of seem to pop up in clumps every so often.

how long did it grow to 12-13 inches?

 

[ExtraMe]

on another site before, someone said that it was a channa melasoma.
hope that someone could confirm the kind of channa i have.

 

[ExtraMe]

UPDATE PHOTO
is the fish stressed or is this its natural color?

life span about 1 yr +/-
length is about 13 inches

 

[tokyogasmask]

Growth rate has been VERY slow!
I got mine as 2".
At 1 year Marulioides were 20".

Here is at around 4-5 months: (flowering starting)

Here they are a year later ate over 20":