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02-20-2009, 03:45 PM
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a yellow watchman that we bought arrived to us green but after a week of feeding heavy he is already starting to yellow back up. there is always individual variation in colour/pattern but, at least in birds, it relates heavily to condition. thats the whole point. brilliant colour shows a potential mate that an animal is able to secure more resources than needed to simply survive but also to invest in these displays. a measure of fitness and a means for selection.
i dont know how fish work but with what we are seeing in our watchman maybe your fish will brighten up too in a happy home with lots of grub. 
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02-20-2009, 03:57 PM
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Well that's good to hear he's actually come out of hiding and I can have a better look
at him. His little head looks odd to me, wasn't the show speciman I was hoping for. I hope that like your goby I will see some improvement. So much for ethic's on shipping. cest la vie!
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02-20-2009, 04:28 PM
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To be fair the stress of shipping can change a fish's colours. He might of had good colouring in the store.
Whenmy achilles tang arrived here he was very pale (almost yellow) and looked like some kind of gold rim hybrid
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02-20-2009, 04:34 PM
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That's a burn!
In reality, your anthias will turn into a female and will be orange in a few months anyway. If you want to keep a male, you will need several females to guard. With square blocks you need a MASSIVE tank to achieve that. When you get credit, get another species.
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02-20-2009, 05:36 PM
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Well maybe it is turning female, but I got a better look and the belly is sunken. The fish was
not in good condition when it left the store, for that I am 100% certain. The ironic thing is that I also got a canary benny and was told he was scrawny so they'd give it to me for half price. The poor little thing is doing amazing, he has made himself quite at home. In reality they did not give him for half price when I asked they said oh yeah we did. Do people always assume your dumb? If they had been up front I may have or may not have taken him. It just bugs me when I have no say.
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