Spots on new Baby aro

[meiling]

My new fingerling aro has black and orange spots behind his gills, about 1/2" straight back from his eyes. They are symmetrical in location, however it appears to be one "scale" on one side and two "scales" on the other . He's always had this, he's colorful but what is this? And here is where I would type 100 what if's.

 

[batang_mcdo]

hi
think its normal for small silvers to have that
it'll disappear eventually

is it like this? the one behind the gills

 

[meiling]

wow, cool, that's it exactly, thank you. My other one never had it.

 

[batang_mcdo]

wow, cool, that's it exactly, thank you. My other one never had it.

they vanish when a little bigger, my silvers in those pictures were about 3 inches

 

[AJP]

HI!! MY GUYS TOO!!!

 

[kriztu]

thats normal mei, juvenile aros usually have camouflage coloration to be able to hide in wild vegetation and confuse their predators. those colors disappear as the grow older and bigger

 

[meiling]

Thanks again.
He ate his first cricket, das m' boy!