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
do those black dots on maboro red juveniles fade away as they grow up? (about how many months do black dots fade out totally?)
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
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
Salt will counter the peppering......lol
just kidding.....just think of him as a red headed stepchild with freckles.....and love him.....
John
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.
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.
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!
Is this true? I always thought the pepper dots were hereditary.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 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....
Big dance, here we come! Spartan Pride