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Red dragon - H. smithii

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:44 am
by Mark in Vancouver
Image

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:47 am
by Jim Powers
I see where you got the title for this post. :D

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:21 am
by Emma Turner
Lovely, Mark. That chap has coloured up very nicely indeed! Do you have more than one H. smithii? If so, have they all taken on this gorgeous red colouration? The ones we have at work are a mixture, some greeny, some with a bit of red.
Emma

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:53 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
I still have a pair of them. Sometimes they're red, sometimes they're a blonde colour. Brine shrimp and bloodworms must surely help them colour up.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:55 am
by Graeme Robson
Superb picture! :D Lovely Colouration.



Graeme.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:26 am
by mamaschild
Great picture :):)

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:33 pm
by Martin Thoene
Gorgeous closeup Mark. That camera is reaping benefits matey! I love all the red detailing in this fish...beautiful and very dragon-like.

Martin.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:03 pm
by Jim Powers
Mark, under normal lighting conditions, does this fish appear red?
I have seen many of these fish and never seen one with so much red.

By the way, nice to finally meet and put a face on you. :)
Barbara and Martin certainly started something.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:29 pm
by Martin Thoene
Jim Powers wrote:By the way, nice to finally meet and put a face on you. :)
Barbara and Martin certainly started something.
Yes indeedy...mind you, I've seen his pic before. I note that Robson fella is still just a moving line figure :wink:

Emma is actually planning on sending me a pic to reduce for avatar use at some time. Apparently, she has no recent pictures of herself, but will take some. See...and some people thought this new format was yuck.....so many possible fun ways of using it. It's nice to actually see faces.

We'll have Mark using smilies by 2010 I bet...you'll see! :lol:

Martin.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:05 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Jim: I think the amount of redness is due to the flash - they normally look kind of brown, either light or dark depending on what surface they're against. And I'm older (aren't we all!) than that tiny one-time passport photo. Heavier eye bags and whiter hair...

Martin: In 2010 the olympics are coming here. I think everyone will look like smileys by then. :(

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:05 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Damn - I tried using colon-close bracket, but this new high fangled site converts them! Ack!

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:33 pm
by Martin Thoene
HaaaaHaaaaaa! Image got you!

Resistance is futile!

Image...another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust, an' another one gone, an' another one gone... another one bites the dust, yeah, yeah!

Martin.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:40 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Yeah, well... You just turn up your Freddie Mercury and run with it. It took me long enough to adapt to true smileys - emoticons are one step deeper into the pit, IMO.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:52 pm
by Martin Thoene
That's Chiquita Mercury ( the Queen tribute banana) to you Mr Driving Licence picture boy.

See, I can be remarkably restrained with the use of the little yellow critters.

Martin.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:29 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
In moments like this, of such unutterable displays of generosity - nay, humanity! - I am reminded how I came to like Martin, and enjoy his company.