Mine stayed washed out for a long time, but they got a lot better once I figured out how to grow plants (cat litter
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Darters and white sand.
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cjohns
, Jan 03 2015 10:46 AM
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#21
gzeiger
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Posted 04 January 2015 - 02:51 PM
Female bluespots don't show nearly the same color as the males, and subdominant males can have a similar look.
Mine stayed washed out for a long time, but they got a lot better once I figured out how to grow plants (cat litter )
Mine stayed washed out for a long time, but they got a lot better once I figured out how to grow plants (cat litter
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#22
cjohns
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Posted 04 January 2015 - 03:25 PM
It's NotCousteau here! Just saw this thread. My darters stay pretty well colored up on light sand. They generally look better in the winter when the overall house temperature drops, but they look good in the summer, too.
Here are some pictures I took just right now of my rainbow and fantail darters (top two pictures) and two older pictures of my southern redbelly dace and a tank shot:
Very very VERY NICE! Thanks for sharing. This gives me hope ifi do decide to go with darters. Im working on the tank now. Just got home with some decor!
20L River manifold
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
36 Gallon bow front stream
72 Gallon bow front
#24
mikez
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Posted 05 January 2015 - 02:44 PM
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy keeping bluespots and tried them in a variety of tank set up. I had them color up and breed in a heavy planted tank. I do have pics of that.
Having said that, and trying to avoid absolutes, in my hard, mid 7s pH local water, despite copious hiding places and thick plants and tons of drift wood and bags of peat moss, the bluespots were a fraction of the colors I saw in the wild. I compare them to blackbanded and banded, both of which I also bred in the same H20.
If you don't mind a fish you rarely see if there's enough plants, and a fish that shows much less color than what blew your mind in the wild, they're great fish. Of the 3 species, I rate them a distant last for over all satisfaction.
Having said that, and trying to avoid absolutes, in my hard, mid 7s pH local water, despite copious hiding places and thick plants and tons of drift wood and bags of peat moss, the bluespots were a fraction of the colors I saw in the wild. I compare them to blackbanded and banded, both of which I also bred in the same H20.
If you don't mind a fish you rarely see if there's enough plants, and a fish that shows much less color than what blew your mind in the wild, they're great fish. Of the 3 species, I rate them a distant last for over all satisfaction.
Mike Zaborowski
I don't know, maybe it was the roses.
I don't know, maybe it was the roses.
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