Yanagi Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 My question is.. WHY? The more I look around on AquaBid and in stores, the more I keep seeing boys with the classic vertical bars. Could it be related to the marble gene? One of my fry has started to get the bars as well, but it also marbling out in some spots. Other times I see it on males that show no signs of 'marbling'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlz0r Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 !! i just noticed the same thing today! the big boy i kept from my previous spawn showed them O__O i don't know what to think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 i haven't noticed them. But I haven't been on AquaBid recently. Any pics of what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Typical, I went looking for what I meant and couldn't find a single example on AB! Granted, I couldn't be bothered going through all of the HMPK, I did search the HMs, Deltas/ Super Deltas, DTs and the first couple of pages of HMPK. There was a thread on here quite some time ago, someone I think brought home a HM from one of the SBG and he barred up... Oh I just found it on another tab, Charlie's fish. Hope she doesn't mind me re-sharing this pic. yeah I know it wasnt until I put him in his tank he went silly slammed into the side then the vertical bars came up I've never seen anthing like it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Males can display vertical bars when they're stressed. My guess is that the fish were not allowed time to settle down first before being photographed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miha1967 Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I had the same on blue males from F1 of Blue male X white female. The black layer on F1 wasn't strong because of the white mother and that's why the bars become visible as opposed to a blue x blue. I suppose this is the case for Charly's fish above, the black layer is almost absent, and the blue colour is on a light background. Cheers all! Mihaela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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