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Hi all,
I am not really sure…the hybridization was just by serendipity. If I have to tell, I would say that when they are in “stand by” mood they look stripy and grey. When they get intense, mostly the females (which are almost all), they get really yellow and show one or two dark spots on the side. Plus black margins on the cheeks and at the top of the dorsal fin. Then they look more like Nijsseni. Nevertheless, my guess is that they are a little more slender, as the Baenschi are… The male looks blue and has the typical red margin at the caudal fin, some yellow at the tip of the ventral and dorsal fins. No long rays at the dorsal fin yet. I think they are a little smaller than expected for their age (They were too many in the tank, almost 50. Now it’s just a dozen).
I am not really sure…the hybridization was just by serendipity. If I have to tell, I would say that when they are in “stand by” mood they look stripy and grey. When they get intense, mostly the females (which are almost all), they get really yellow and show one or two dark spots on the side. Plus black margins on the cheeks and at the top of the dorsal fin. Then they look more like Nijsseni. Nevertheless, my guess is that they are a little more slender, as the Baenschi are… The male looks blue and has the typical red margin at the caudal fin, some yellow at the tip of the ventral and dorsal fins. No long rays at the dorsal fin yet. I think they are a little smaller than expected for their age (They were too many in the tank, almost 50. Now it’s just a dozen).
