Aquatopia Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Saw this pic on a site in the UK and wondered what it was - looks like a borleyi in shape but not seen such vibrant colours - do u reckon its real or photoshopped ? Lovely all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 dragons blood? a very nice one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 http://lakemalawi.co.uk/forum3/viewtopi ... 9&start=15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Yeah that is what is commonly called all sorts of things in the hobby, from strawberry blue peacock, golden peacock, dragons blood etc etc etc.. The name used seems to depend on the mood of the person naming, it is the same with all common names I guess.. They are like dragonsbloods line bred hybrids from the reserach I have done noone really knows where they are produced and what was crossed to get them. Seems to be a very firm line of people who will keep them or wont keep them because they are hybrids, personally I like them, they breed true and I only ever pass them on as hybrids so I have no problems. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/ ... sblood.jpg this is what my male looks like nowhere near as red unfortunately I haven't seen any that red in NZ.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Ryan of all the dragonsbloods ive seen yours are the strongest colour so far and if your babies grow up that colour then I think a group of them would look awesome. Do they generally come out as bold as your boy ? It would be interesting to work out what to cross them with to get that enhanced orange/red depth and as you say, if they breed true and are accurately described then probably no harm done - esp if they look that good. Anyone else have these in NZ with colours closer to the pic ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 personally, i think it has been photoshopped.... here you go ryan, yours is fantastic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Hmm could be photoshopped, I would understand if I had only seen these fish on sites with them for sale being bright red, but I have seen them on cichlid-forum when people just want an ID for their mixed tanks etc I doubt these people who photo shop them.. For example http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... strawberry http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... strawberry Interesting discussion on them. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... strawberry Aquatopia all of my young colour up like the male that photo is of him and hasn't been doctored or anything will be moving them to a breeding tank soon as I just sold the last of his offspring. Even though these are hybrids I wouldn't go crossing them with anything willy nilly to try and improve them, I would do this by growing out large numbers of fry and selecting the ones with the attributes you want continued or finding other dragonsbloods from a different gene pool to breed with. I still treat them as a "pure" peacock and breed them in species tanks etc. I think that the original cross (or crosses) would have been done many (maybe even 100's of) generations before the fish were actually released onto the market with lots of line breeding (inbreeding) to try and get them breeding true so it would be a very long term project to try and make your own species.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 yeah those fish are awesomely colourful!! i think the lighting plays a very important role in determining what colours really stand out....when i edited that photo of yours all i did was change the light balance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 personally, i think it has been photoshopped.... here you go ryan, yours is fantastic!!! Im not so sure - think i disagree, now I see the image above (which is obviously photoshopped to prove a point), if you look at the clarity of the image , the actions taken to photoshop it have shown in the rest of the photo too whereas the image I found does not display that. Also, the enhancements on the one above have created bleed out of colour and the contrast and saturation are not clean. Could be wrong, or they may have tweaked it a little but Im beginning to think its probably reasonable accurate. Thanks for the example though - it helped make up my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 So what does everyone thing would need to be bred to a yellower dragonsblood to bring it up to this bright colouration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Red and Blue lighting, along with some colour enhancing food addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 So what does everyone thing would need to be bred to a yellower dragonsblood to bring it up to this bright colouration? A more red dragonsblood Mine are not colouring up anymore red even when fed on NLS which is supposed to be a natural colour enhancing food, maybe the lighting would have some effect none of my tanks have descent lighting or new tubes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 lighting makes red aros look better than daylight does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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