i just bought four cherry barbs on saturday, and noticed something quite strange. at first, three of the cherries looked like this:
and one looked like this:
but twice now, the one "odd" cherry has changed to look like the other three. why is it doing this? i've read some sites that say the cherry barb turns from that brownish-yellow color to cherry when it's ready to breed (the males, if i remember right) but i had figured it would be more red, like this:
my first cherries, so you'll understand if i'm a bit confused. never had a color changing fish before!
and one looked like this:
but twice now, the one "odd" cherry has changed to look like the other three. why is it doing this? i've read some sites that say the cherry barb turns from that brownish-yellow color to cherry when it's ready to breed (the males, if i remember right) but i had figured it would be more red, like this:
my first cherries, so you'll understand if i'm a bit confused. never had a color changing fish before!
