black dots on marboro red juvenile

[leechiahan]

do those black dots on maboro red juveniles fade away as they grow up? (about how many months do black dots fade out totally?)

[Ardan]

Hi,
If you use a light backround on the aquarium, ie paint the back of the glass (outside) or put it by a white wall, etc it will make the dots less noticeable.

Here are some pics of before and after with my pigeon bloods
hth

[Ardan]

after

Hi leechiahan

Welcome to Simply

Some pigeon bloods have much more pepper (black spots ) than others :-\ With the lighter backgrounds it helps to hide some of that black. Some of the pepper goes away with age but not all of it will :-\

HTH
Beth

[slicksta]

Salt will counter the peppering......lol

just kidding.....just think of him as a red headed stepchild with freckles.....and love him.....

John

[BLUEKNIGHT]

IT also depends on what ph you are keeping the fish if they are at a high ph you well see dots. Bring the ph down to 6.0.

[Carol_Roberts]

I don't think the pepper ever goes away. As the discus matures it fades and is less apparent if they are healthy and happy - just like the vertical stressbars are less apparent in adult red turquoise, etc.

[Shari]

I've got a couple of JW's Super Red Marlboro's and as they are growing, the black peppering is increasing fyi
Beautiful fish though!!!! I like the freckle thought!

[spartyblaze]

IT also depends on what ph you are keeping the fish if they are at a high ph you well see dots. Bring the ph down to 6.0.

Is this true? I always thought the pepper dots were hereditary.
Is this something that breeders usually try to cull out? It seems as if most of the discus I find with large amounts of peppering are at LFS, mainly low quality LFS at that.

I don't think it's unattractive persay, but I'd like to know what causes them....


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