ace99 Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 (edited) I was at Golds the other day and found out that their breeder ruby red male was recently sold. Who is this lucky guy / girl ? I'm a little sad because every time I visit Golds, I have always stopped to admire the beauty of this fish. Its rare to find a ruby red of this quality since most are orange at best....even with a good quality fish food. Since there is so much variability out there it would be fun for ruby red owners to showcase their fish to see how each one compares to each other. The picture below is the one from Golds. I'll post my newly aquired albino ruby red in a few days. Edited November 29, 2006 by ace99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretlaw Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 How come my Ruby Red is not as nice as the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodogg02 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) got this guy from golds out of his breeder tank not as much blue sorry for the crapy pic,got an awsome bicolor pair from him to. Edited November 29, 2006 by prodogg02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharon Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 mine is from golds also he is my avatar <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<MR PEACOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) This is my albino ruby red. He has some nice coloring considering his small size. Edited December 9, 2006 by ace99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 prodogg02, Your male ruby red is quite nice. Do you have a better picture of him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodogg02 Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) prodogg02,Your male ruby red is quite nice. Do you have a better picture of him? will try to get one of him and the bicolor male,sorry another crapy pic Edited November 30, 2006 by prodogg02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted December 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 (edited) I just picked up this male ruby red at Golds the other day. He was pretty beat-up and contantly harassed by the other fish.....but I saw potential in him. He has a deep orange / red coloration in the shoulders which I hope will extend down the full length of the body. He is now in a breeding tank with some females along with some sub-dominant smaller males. I'm feeding him NLS and Cyclop-eeze. This way, I hope that he will color up nicely. It would be interesting to see how he develops over time. If people are interested, I can post updated pictures every month. I do have a question. I notice that he has a very dark grey-brown base color....darker than any aulonocara species that I've kept before. How would this eventually affect the overall color as he develops? Will the red appear more red or will the darker base color make the red not show up as well? We will soon find out I suppose. Edited December 9, 2006 by ace99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Your juvie albino has amazing color. The regular ruby red is indeed quite dark, darker than any that I've seen. Perhaps once he settles in & starts breeding he'll turn on the color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted December 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Update #1 The ruby red is starting to show more red down the tail and more blue on the face. He spends the whole day chasing the females around in the tank. He's definately acting like he's the alpha male. I'm surprised with how fast he's starting to color up. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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