Really? I never knew that it could change so much. Do you have any links on this? It sounds very interesting and I’d love to read up on it.david1978 said:Their a pretty cool fish. You can judge your water conditions by its tail color.
I suppose I thought “fade” meant light pink or something of the sort, not completely white. Interesting.david1978 said:In the appearance section. Was the first article on Google.
I missed the pic. So that's what's going on? I have only seen this mentioned once before and nobody had any idea. But you are correct they don't get that color from stress.Coptapia said:It doesn’t have a red tail because it’s not a Red Tailed Shark. It’s one of those white tailed Sharks that appear in some batches of Rainbow Sharks (E. frenatum). AFAIK it’s not yet known whether it’s a farm bred mutation or an undescribed species, or even a hybrid (complicated further because we don’t know what E. muruense looks like when alive).
Even though he clearly isn't a rainbow shark and has some red on his tail which has been getting more red (very slowly)?Coptapia said:It doesn’t have a red tail because it’s not a Red Tailed Shark. It’s one of those white tailed Sharks that appear in some batches of Rainbow Sharks (E. frenatum). AFAIK it’s not yet known whether it’s a farm bred mutation or an undescribed species, or even a hybrid (complicated further because we don’t know what E. muruense looks like when alive).
I would say it probably is a Rainbow Shark.myfisharerappers said:Even though he clearly isn't a rainbow shark and has some red on his tail which has been getting more red (very slowly)?
I thought rainbow sharks have red fins? His are all black except for his tail.Coptapia said:I would say it probably is a Rainbow Shark.
RTBS always have a bright red tail fin. It can fade a little with stress but it’s still very red. They also don’t have the dark and light patches on the peduncle (even when the body fades to grey), typical of Rainbow Sharks.
