Convict Cichlid

randymyr

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I've posted a while ago about my strange coloured convict, when i first got her she seemed to have a slight "tanned" colour to her, but as she got more used to her tank, she seemed to brighten up, and now she's almost completely white, except for her stripes and fins
her stripes can go anywhere to a very faded black (almost a gray) to a surprisingly dark black, and her stripes can go from a bright, blue/almost see through to a very dark blackish blue
seems strange to me, seeing all these pink or black convicts, where mine appears to be a bit of both, though i'm pretty sure it's not a calico... all calico's i've seen had spots, can anyone help me out?
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She appears to have a little pink on her scales, but that was only brought out by the flash
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I took this while she was eating, she darkens up when she eats, sadly she doesn't like the camera too much, so i couldn't get a good pic on how dark she gets
 
seems very normal to me, most of my females were a lot lighter in colour than the males,i would say dont worry shes fine :)
i also used to notice a colour change in diffrent lights,and being stressed may have something to do with it, but sh really does look perfectly ok to me :)
 
seems very normal to me, most of my females were a lot lighter in colour than the males,i would say dont worry shes fine :)
i also used to notice a colour change in diffrent lights,and being stressed may have something to do with it, but sh really does look perfectly ok to me :)
alright, phew, lol, i was hoping it wasn't anything bad
she's not stressed, but i did notice that when i turn the lights off, and wake up in the early morning and turn the lights back on, she's very dark, but changes right back quite quickly, lol
and the males at the store, i did notice, were a lot darker, but the other females were still darker than her, lol
 

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