y'all r sleeping on chubby plecos

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How long before the color morph? Also do they change completely yellow or do some stay spotted? Thanks
 
L Aquatics;1068046; said:
How long before the color morph? Also do they change completely yellow or do some stay spotted? Thanks
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Differs from pleco to pleco, to answer both. Some may display it sooner than others. Not all go the "24 carat gold" look, some are half half and some keep quite dull. Reasons are pretty much unknown but it was thought to be water conditions etc at one time, but I think that is bull, as have seen both in both. After discussing it with oddball he let me know this...

"Usually, radical color changes observed within a species is linked to sexual maturity, spawning, and perhaps territoriality of predominantly males of a population and is termed as polychromatism. If both genders, within a species, share the same color changes and these changes are linked with maturity and aging, then this is termed as the heritability and heterochrony of polychromatism.

Heritability is the extent to which individual phenotypes are determined by their genotypes. (traits passed down through generations)

Heterochrony relates to the timing of development (age triggers)"
 
this thread really made me want to buy the chubby/rubber pleco that changes color and gets all fat and stuff. they are selling the true "rubber pleco" on this site for 5.99. they say its the Parancistrus aurantiacus but is it? with shipping it comes to 35 is it the real deal or not?
 
So is the Rubberlipped Pitbull a color changing morph of the Pitbullrubberlippedmotherfu...Or, is it a Rubberpitlipped something or another.... :nilly:

Sorry to derail, but my head is spinning and my pitbull (dog) is wanting coligen injections from all of this chatter......
 
I had one of those about 15 years ago. Not sure what happened to him. He never developed the color of those bad dudes. I may have to keep my eye out for one...
 
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