First off Im sorry for not having pics for this thread, I know it would have been a big help but I thought about it once I left the LFS and I live too far from it to return for pics...
I entered a LFS few days ago and noticed they had a tank with Zonata Viejas and a separate tank with hartwegi Viejas. I have never seen these specimens in person before but just in pics and the Zonata is a gorgeous blue fish. But the labeled zonatas that they had looked nothing like the pics; it had no blue on him at ALL!! It was a dark unattractive color and red tips along the top/bottom fins and tail. Ive heard from people that after buying Zonotas, that they were disappointed in the colors because they never turn out as blue as the pics online BC they were Photoshop. Then the Hartwegi was a little bit more attractive because it had a red head to it and looked better but once again it was a little dark and didnt have that much color to it like the pics online. Im not sue if its normal for these fish to look like this because its my first time seeing them but I also noticed that ALL the fish tanks in this fish store have BLACK backgrounds in the tanks and all the familiar fish I do recognize always look darker at this particular store, so does the back ground affect the colors of these beautiful colored fish? Or is it normal that these fish to look like this? If I purchase these fish, will their colors change to their natural bright colors bc my fish tank has no dark features at all?
Sorry for the long thread but just wanted some feed back because i would truly like to own these specimens but dont want to waste my money on the wrong fish...Thank YOU!!
I entered a LFS few days ago and noticed they had a tank with Zonata Viejas and a separate tank with hartwegi Viejas. I have never seen these specimens in person before but just in pics and the Zonata is a gorgeous blue fish. But the labeled zonatas that they had looked nothing like the pics; it had no blue on him at ALL!! It was a dark unattractive color and red tips along the top/bottom fins and tail. Ive heard from people that after buying Zonotas, that they were disappointed in the colors because they never turn out as blue as the pics online BC they were Photoshop. Then the Hartwegi was a little bit more attractive because it had a red head to it and looked better but once again it was a little dark and didnt have that much color to it like the pics online. Im not sue if its normal for these fish to look like this because its my first time seeing them but I also noticed that ALL the fish tanks in this fish store have BLACK backgrounds in the tanks and all the familiar fish I do recognize always look darker at this particular store, so does the back ground affect the colors of these beautiful colored fish? Or is it normal that these fish to look like this? If I purchase these fish, will their colors change to their natural bright colors bc my fish tank has no dark features at all?
Sorry for the long thread but just wanted some feed back because i would truly like to own these specimens but dont want to waste my money on the wrong fish
...Thank YOU!!
. The Zonatus didn't interest me as much and they also had a couple of larger Argentea that they got in. And they actually did have Dovii as well. I wanted to ask the owner where they suddenly picked up all of these species that they don't ordinarily have, but unfortunately I was in a rush. I'll never for the life of me understand why they opted for black substrate though...it drains the color out of every one of those fish, with exception of the red devils.