kiwiplymouth Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Can anyone explain why one of my sub-dominant peacock males looks like this on his left hand side And this on his right hand side You can see the line of differentiation in photo #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Cool! What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 mate that is cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Cool! What is it? Aulonocara nyassae 'cobue' He has slowly lost his colour over the last month or so as he became less dominant in the tank but this new split colouration has only appeared in the last couple of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Thought so, what bizarre coloring.. Was he otherwise normally coloured before the change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Yep he had lovely vibrant colour and normal patterning when he was dominant. He is one of my originals that came from Blair so I trust its pedigree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Yep he had lovely vibrant colour and normal patterning when he was dominant. He is one of my originals that came from Blair so I trust its pedigree. Yeah its really weird, my breeders are brothers/sisters to yours though and they don't look like that.. It is very weird how some fish can react under different conditions though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I was wondering if perhaps he is feeling very threatened and trying to blend in with the black background of the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 It is hard to know.. He obviously isn't very happy/dominant in the tank, would be interesting to chuck him in a small tank by himself or with some girls and see what colour he goes. Colour is really hard to pick, it depends on mood, lighting, food, tank layout, colour of rocks etc in the tank and quite a few other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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