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[sakaspuds]

in the shop it was called a redgold blue ram, the fish is basicly a very light pink, with darker pink nose and fins, the fins have tiny blue dots, its between 1 and 2 inches right now, and is roughly the same shape as a blue ram, but bigger

what i'd like to know is the real name of the fish and how big it will grow

 

[Phantom Thief]

Sounds like its a German Blue Ram http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=34986

P.T.

 

[sakaspuds]

so it will change colour then? thats interesting

 

[sylvia]

It could be a gold (color morph of german blue) ram or a bolivian ram as well. I suspect it is a bolivian but the 'redgold' name makes me think it's a gold...

 

[sakaspuds]

some pics,

he/she is a lot pinker in the flesh, the flash made it look pale

 

[Ben]

its a gold/blue ram,when its not enitrely gold and its not entirley blue,but this one seems to have more gold in it
heres a pic of mine,is it the same as yours?

DD

 

[sakaspuds]

its about the same shape, but it has no colour other than pink? under the flash it looks a bit less pink, but its virtually all pink

 

[Ben]

hmm.

you sure you aint colourblind?

j/k


i dont know about it being all pink,because it looks normal in the pic,but atleast you know what it is

DD

 

[sakaspuds]

yes i think youre right, it is very yound, maybe the colours will come later, although i've had some blues before, and they were a lot smaller than this fella

as you can see in the smudged picture, its dark pink at the front, and a lighter pink everywhere else

 

[yvez9]

if the belly is pink, than it is a female...

that looks like a blue and gold ram mixed together to me... so it will probably grow to around 2 inches

 

[Griz]

Fish shops and breeders like to come up with new names in order to sell fish. It's no different that any other commercial product really. I'm guessing that what you have there may be the product of some selective breeding and therefore the fish do in fact look a bit different. This is an ongoing process with captive-bred fish like rams, other dwarf chichlids, all fish really. New names are given but it takes time for these names/varieties to gain acceptance and become widely recognized. Some do - some never do.

 

[Gill]

Is this what You Mean

I had 2 but they were Week and Did not Last Long. Very Prone to Ick.

 

[sakaspuds]

thats it, i think the shop guy said they came from egypt, but it sure is as pink as that one^

 

[sakaspuds]

well after some time it has really turned gold and blue, almost off of the pinkness has gone