A friend dropped this off in my tank as a gift when i was on holiday - just got back to palmy and saw him in there :bounce:

what is he? I was thinking L168 maybe?

yep looks like it

Many thanks!

are they easy to breed?

He looks impressive. If he is easy to breed is anyone breeding them? Would be keen on some!

I wish my friends dropped off expensive fish in my tanks when I was away! you're very lucky!

expensive?

I thought they were like 40 bucks, lol. and i complained that i only got one.

Definately not cheap

awesome! Thanks. :bounce:

But they only look nice when they are young. Will look similar to ordinary BN when they become adults.

But they only look nice when they are young. Will look similar to ordinary BN when they become adults.

There is no evidence or documentation of that being the case.

The L168 is known to be almost chameleon like and will alter colouring to suit environment.

I would suggest that the same fish in the photobucket shots would have an entirely different and more the striped mode of patterning if they were on a light substate in a planted tank with lots of hidey holes. On dark backgrounds they can go almost black and their stress colouration would be not dissimilar to a BN. I would well imagine a bare tank situation wouldn't get the best colouring out of these fish.