New Schistura balteata

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Post by Morbid » Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:27 pm

Could the darker color of the substrate be causing the fish to darken in color as well?
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Post by Emma Turner » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:21 pm

I don't think it really has had that much impact with my fish. They were brightly coloured for at least 2 years after I first introduced them to my River Tank, and it has had a black sand substrate from word go. The first sign that their markings were changing was when some seemed to 'lose' the vertical bars under the dorsal fin:
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Post by Morbid » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:37 pm

A simple enough case of mature loaches then. :D :wink:
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Post by The.Dark.One » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:13 am

Some users on Petfrd think the colourful 'balteata' that most of the photo's recently posted show, are S. robertsi.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:39 pm

Yes, Nonn says it's possible S robertsi.
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