Nano Cubes
I hate to disappoint you or your stockiest, as you call him, but there are an awful lot of tropical fish that can put the marines to shame. Take killies for instance. You’ll not often see a killie in a shop for sale, but they can be had in the hobby via other hobbyists. The problem with them is that they breed differently than most fish only producing an egg, or a few eggs a day. Many of them go through a period known as diapauses. This is a time when they stop development for a period lasting from weeks to months, depending on the fish, and may need to be dried to a certain extent to allow for hatching when water is present.
Do a Google using killifish as the search term and ask for images. You’ll see that there are some that match your image of color vs. black and white, but you’ll also see some of the gems that are out there.
Once you get done checking out the killies, look at the badis using that as a search term.
The naturally colored dwarf gouramis are a sight to behold, if they are kept properly. If you can find a glassfish that has not been painted, dyed, or otherwise manipulated, and give them the right conditions, you’ll see that they are really quite iridescent, and flash gentle shades of many colors.
The rift lake cichlids have some real nice coloring, if you can find a strain that has been properly maintained. A lot of the colors seen today are not what they should be due to sloppy breeding regimens and “accidental” cross-breedings.
I could go on, but I think you see my point here, you do not need to go with marines to have good color in your tank.
\Steve//
Category: Philippines Internet Koi Society
