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openbook
02-10-2011, 02:25 AM
The first pic shows how the fish usually looks. Yellowish with gray vertical stripes and a horizontal black band. Also hints of blue and red near gills on face.

The second pic the fish loses all the black and gray stripes, leaving just the yellow. The face looks sort of pink, and the fins are pink, with black along the top of the dorsal fin. The fish had it's breeding tube out, and I think it's male. He also dug a small pit and chased other fish away. This lasted a day, now he's back to normal.

openbook
02-10-2011, 02:33 AM
Another note, I've seen him turn off the black and gray stripes when startled by another fish and then turn them back on again a few moments later. It's kind of a weird how he can do that.

skullduggery1
02-10-2011, 02:34 AM
just like the tilapia I gave my brother.Great reds and golds show up during tantrums.You got some nice cichlids there.Real show fish.

openbook
02-10-2011, 02:36 AM
Thank you for the compliment!