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  • danotaylor
    danotaylor reacted to Jexnell's post in the thread Color fade with Like Like.
    Fish will lighten/darken to blend into the environment. Below you can see the same fish first with black substrate, then lighter...
  • danotaylor
    danotaylor replied to the thread Color fade.
    Sounds like a good starting point mate. If you don’t get the desired effect from the background change alone, you could add some black...
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    TBH I don't see them much in my area, and I jumped on the one when I found it. I had hoped that he would be accepted with the others...
  • danotaylor
    danotaylor reacted to mr limpet's post in the thread Color fade with Like Like.
    I changed gravel about 3 months ago. I have 2 blue diamonds, 2 red melons and 4 pigeons. I have a FX4 and FX5 filtering tank. I...
  • Jexnell
    Jexnell reacted to spitz006's post in the thread Archerfish Insane Angle with Haha Haha.
    I have a wild caught blythii I've had for five years. Sadly probably one of the last wild caught blythii available in the hobby in the...
  • mr limpet
    mr limpet replied to the thread Color fade.
    I changed gravel about 3 months ago. I have 2 blue diamonds, 2 red melons and 4 pigeons. I have a FX4 and FX5 filtering tank. I...
  • danotaylor
    danotaylor reacted to Midwater's post in the thread Color fade with Like Like.
    I think substrate colour makes more of a difference to fish than background.
  • Jexnell
    Jexnell replied to the thread Color fade.
    Fish will lighten/darken to blend into the environment. Below you can see the same fish first with black substrate, then lighter...
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  • danotaylor
    danotaylor replied to the thread Color fade.
    I definitely agree, though the overall brightness of their tank environment is a contributing factor. Is your lighting dimmable?
  • danotaylor
    danotaylor reacted to Midwater's post in the thread Clown loaches pricing question... with Wow Wow.
    Loaches in general, but especially Modesta love hiding places. If you put an upturned flower pot (with a single hole in the base) in...
  • Midwater
    Midwater replied to the thread Color fade.
    I think substrate colour makes more of a difference to fish than background.
  • danotaylor
    danotaylor replied to the thread Color fade.
    What strain of discus are they mate? It could be a combo of both substrate and background changes. How long ago did you make the...
  • Midwater
    Loaches in general, but especially Modesta love hiding places. If you put an upturned flower pot (with a single hole in the base) in...
  • danotaylor
    danotaylor reacted to A201's post in the thread Clown loaches pricing question... with Haha Haha.
    The Modestas, aka Blue's Botias, will be far more active, day & night, when included in a group. A lone Blue Botia w/o an interactive...
  • Midwater
    I will tell you if you have a lot of hiding spots you may never see the blue ones. I have one in my cichlid tank with yoyos and...
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