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It is a part of man's nature to try and improve on the natural-----thx Mike:wink:
Some new things coming up--one pretty soon and one in a little bit--you asked for some pics-but knowing how competition is in the Scientific world--well you know. Be assured though, as soon as I can you will get...
Elizabethae is a very distinctive fish with a very elongate body, here are three of my males
The males are born with a rounded caudal, at about 1 inch it develops a split at the apex and becomes a lyretil, thing is--the only time they spread it is when engaged in a shoving contest--the rest...
These--dont have anything to do with McCoy--or Wetthumb
Also--I forgot to mention--the cacatuoides pic up in the corner there on the website??? That's one of mine--Ted got a prize at ACA for that pic----
I'm starting to beleive--I have never seen this phenomenon, sneaker males yes--but not this. The main thing is the extensions on the caudal--short dorsal lappets could be a function of hard water.
The parents are fine in there--but the main rule with fish is that anything that will fit in their mouths, they will put in there, sometimes even stuff that dont fit in their mouths--they will try to get in there...
Well they are my fish. I have been working on them for years and I have lots of females with lots of Red in the fins. The dead giveaway with the fish I sent him is that the females dont have dorsal lappets. I breed for this trait and have some males with lappets 1 1/2 inches long...