I've got my panties in a wad. I'm getting fish from a guy on AquaBid who I have heard both good and bad things about. The smart people are the ones who say he's bad. I didn't know about the bad things until before I bid. They say that he throws names around that don't describe the fish. They don't say that he's dishonest, just that he's a moron.
I bought the pair because of the pic. I didn't care about how he labeled them. They are Blue Silvers. I need them to introduce new blood and the blue gene into my Half Blacks.
They arrived today, a day early! I have them floating in the bag for the temps to equalize. They look good.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on April 23, 2015, 10:58:10 AM
They arrived today, a day early! I have them floating in the bag for the temps to equalize. They look good.
Cool, less travel time the better... :D
a pic
Pretty......now for babies.. ;D
Nice angels...glad it all worked out well for you. :)
Very nice Angels Liz. ;D ;D ;D
Nice Angeles, I'm happy it worked out for you.
I finally have what looks like a pump belly and serious cone pecking. I like these two fish a lot. I sure do hope they do right by me.
Just so I know, what are these in Greek. I'd call them +/+ p/p but I don't speak the language well enough to male my way in Greece. The male's bars come and go. Sometimes he looks like his bars are reversed but then they come back. I can always see bars from his front looking down his side. When he is has his side toward me they kinda disappear, like in the pic. The female always shows her bars.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on April 27, 2015, 08:11:19 PM
I finally have what looks like a pump belly and serious cone pecking. I like these two fish a lot. I sure do hope they do right by me.
Just so I know, what are these in Greek. I'd call them +/+ p/p but I don't speak the language well enough to male my way in Greece. The male's bars come and go. Sometimes he looks like his bars are reversed but then they come back. I can always see bars from his front looking down his side. When he is has his side toward me they kinda disappear, like in the pic. The female always shows her bars.
+/+ pb/pb......
I should add that one might have a gold gene, just a hunch that it's the male...so he might be g/+ pb/pb ?
Dang, I wrote it wrong (I wrote p rather than pb :-[) but despite my poor Greek writing I got it right! Why do you think that one (perhaps the male) is g/= pb/pb?
Silvers/wild types can fade slightly when mellow, but not wash out completely....the stripes should still be visible somewhat.....my theory/thinking is that it's the gold gene in the PB blues that allows a more extreme fade to happen.....but it's just my take.... ;D....you'll see this in PB zebras too...
They were spawning when I got home from work and are finished now. It's a nice large spawn. I sure hope they raise them.
24 hrs and I still have eggs. When I turned off their tank light last night it looked like the female might be eating them. They could see because their were lights on in other tanks plus the room light which I keep on 24/7. I turned their tank light back on and she stopped. The next hump to get over is when the eggs start to wiggle. Nothing to do but wait and see this time around.
I think that they'll be fine.....the new surroundings may throw em off, but if they're tending...it looks good...
eggs gone :'(
Jon you should start a sticky about genetics. Some of us have been away from it way too long.
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on April 30, 2015, 12:29:56 PM
Jon you should start a sticky about genetics. Some of us have been away from it way too long.
Good idea....I went back and updated one and marked a bunch as 'sticky's'.....
Well done. Well done. Not how I like my steaks though. Those I want seared. 1 minute each side is all.
BTW it's stripe-less not stripless. I went looking for a strip joint.
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on April 30, 2015, 02:43:31 PM
Well done. Well done. Not how I like my steaks though. Those I want seared. 1 minute each side is all.
BTW it's stripe-less not stripless. I went looking for a strip joint.
you say potato....I sat potatoe....you say tomato...I say............whatever.....LOL