stiphodon "gold cheek"

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stiphodon "gold cheek"

Post by NancyD » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:16 pm

I saw these today at my lfs, cute! Any ideas on what they may be?
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Post by plaalye » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:44 pm

Picture please!

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Post by Martin Thoene » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:18 am

Look at this thread...........

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=15686&start=0

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Post by NancyD » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:19 am

I have been following odyssey's thread & just reread it. I didn't get any, I don't really have an appropriate tank, at least not yet. So tempting!

They're at Tropic Isle in Framingham if anyone wants to check them out. I think they just came in, the light was off & had been fed blood worms. They showed a little gold/bronze on the cheeks & were not washed out at all but hard to see.
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Post by odyssey » Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:12 am

Hi NancyD

It is rare that their cheeks become golden.
Their color also changes by a spectrum of the illumination and the point of view to watch.
The left is "Blue moon" in the following picture, and the right is "Rainbow Color".
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Post by NancyD » Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:36 pm

Ha that's funny odyssey, I thought the "gold cheek" looked most like your rainbow color from what I remember. But now I have no idea :? I know you have said many times the color is not a good clue to ID. Fascinating fish!
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Post by plaalye » Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:08 pm

Go buy some, you know you want to :D Take some pics and post them so we can see!

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Post by NancyD » Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:59 pm

I need to empty my QT then I just might! :lol:
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