Re: [Killietalk] Fp. gardneri (nigerianus?) Gardneri are "dark" colored...

[Gerald Rosenbeck <grosenbeck at hotmail_com>]

Jason,
 
Misaje is more blue, sky blue, than some of the other gardneri, like Akure or even Jos Plateau. That's why I feel Misaje is the nicest of the gardneri.
 
Gerry> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:23:56 -0700> From: rusticitas at yahoo_com> To: KillieTalk at aka_org> Subject: [Killietalk] Fp. gardneri (nigerianus?) Gardneri are "dark" colored...> > I have a 10gal tank with approximately 10 Fp. gardneri (nigerianus?)> Misaje, ~3rd generation from the original pair I had gotten several> years ago. The population is just about 1:1 male:female. I just> realized, due to my inexperience, that they are generally dark colored,> not the lighter "metallic" blue I see in photos.> > All seem quite healthy, albeit with the occassional nipped tail> fin. All well fed with fruit flies, grindals, New Life Spectrum> pellets, daphnia, etc. There are various plants in the tank, a> large-ish sponge filter. Black sand on the bottom. I change 25-50% of> the water weekly. The water is pretty soft, probably 50-100ppm TDS, pH> ~7.0, temp is 72-75F.> > Any reason they would have this overall darker coloring? Just> curious!> > > -Jason> > { Jason Stanford - Jason_Stanford at pobox.com - Pennsylvania, USA - AKA> #08970 }> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > Join the AKA at http://www.aka.org/aka/modules/content/index.php?id=9.> Archives are at http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/> Modify your subscription at http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/killietalk
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