Microgeophagus ramirezi: red?

[rafael]

Hi.

Or pink

Two photos of our companions of the forum:

http://tinypic.com/i71yz8.jpg

I am afraid that these M. ramirezi has hormones. What do you think?

At the L.F.S. say that they have this color due to its rich feeding in carotene, but me I do not create it.

Best regards,

Rafael.

 

[nightowl1350]

They look awesome, but I sure hope it is natural colour and not dyed. If they are natural I want some

 

[Apisto ranch]

I was in a fish shop in Lubbock Texas just yesterday looking for a female german blue ram when boom. There they where I had never seen any like this before and then here today the frist thing I see when i get on here is one just like them. The guy in the shop in Lubbock told me they were dyied that color and sold has a shrimp eater or shell fish fish eatter.

 

[coltiger]

thats horrible, it's bad enough there are hybrids cichlids like parrot fish that are dyed...now they are resorting to Rams...what next? colour inject albino plecos

 

[Simon Morgan]

Don't give them any ideas...

This stuff drives me mad, take a look at this http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=790

 

[coltiger]

Man I just saw one of those today, I told the guy in charge he should not support buying fish like that...but that might be like talking to a brickwall...same store has cacatuoides in with haplochromis ahli species...the poor apistos had there tails all shredded, the one male looked like crap. I'll prolly save them there are only five.

 

[fishgeek]

does anyone know whether that is a dyed fish or just a colour morph that has been selected for?

it doesn't look that unnatural to me in colouration
mike?
rafeal ?
anyone

 

[rafael]

The second ram: http://tinypic.com/i71yz8.jpg It has died of ich.

And now in Spain the "half red" :frown:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Airunri/oct05167.jpg

Best regards,

Rafael.

 

[Mike Wise]

I do not know for certain, but these Rams look like Gold Rams that have had the red color intensified - either by selective breeding or artificially (hormones? color food?). Asian produced Gold Rams are well known for being exceptionally delicate & die quickly if the water is not sterile, soft, & acid.

 

[Mike Wise]

Sorry, I may have confused some of you. The first "Red Rams" do look artificially colored. The "Half Red Rams" seem to have their 'natural' colors hightened in some way. Just my opinion.

 

[Seb]

I saw some that looked pink, not to mention really really beautiful, but I felt bad as I guessed they were dyed