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I was wondering if anyone else has witnessed this? I know that there are color differences between dominant/sub-dominant males. I also know that colors change with stress and water conditions. However I noticed that with my Mbuna when I first turn on the lights in the morning most of them appear to be washed out in color. Within minutes however most of their color reappears along with their barring and other markings. I find this fascinating and was wondering if all cichlids (Tangs, Victorians, CA/SA) changed colors/markings in this manner?
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120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
180g - Petrochromis Macrognathus Dine/Tropheus Moorii Namansi I
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my firemouths did this alot when i had them. they would often be almost white in the morning and bright and beautiful during the day. my geos dont really do this but my fire eel does from time to time...i dont know about the trophs...ive had a yellow lab do it beforeI make people happy -
yes most will do that. when they are sleeping or resting at night their color washes out a bit to protect themselves from predators.fishless
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mark if you catch your geo's sleeping at around 4am and cut the lights on you will notice the color is a little washed out.fishlessComment
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For some reason 3 of my 6 Demasoni have not returned to their normal color today. They are pale blue with very faint barring. I noticed this with the Demasoni at City Pets the last time I was there. Only 2 of mine are from there. Wonder what the cause is?120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
180g - Petrochromis Macrognathus Dine/Tropheus Moorii Namansi I
"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains"....Winston Churchill
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm"....Winston ChurchillComment
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I have mbuna mbamba bays and the sub male tends to blend in with the females and the alpha female tends to have extreme color in comparison to the sub females. However... when the females are swimming around with a mouth full of babies their color changes yet again. The best color I see is during feeding from my alpha male...he becomes a brilliant light purple with extremely black stripes. I love it. Oh yes... during sleep, their colors become washed out.....or when they are stressed the same thing happens.5.5 fw fluval chi - class N top bar snake chested endlers/ red marble bn/ 4 stripe RCS/ pumpkin shrimp
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i do every night at around 1am when i feed my birchir and raphael.... oddly enough, they become MUCH MUCH darker, almost black, at night when they are asleep, i think its due to the black background i have, they blend in that wayOriginally posted by Rico View PostI make people happyComment
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I know this is an old post, but I just read it. Recently, I was trying to net a couple of young male red top trewavassaes; in the same tank were quite a number of male and female fish - alledgedly Copadichromis azureus. After a while I noticed that some of the red top males were doing a pretty fair impression of azureus females! I guess they decided they were the least noticeable fish around them so that is what they went for. At least that is who it looked to me.Comment
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