SuperColey1
Planted Section
As a guide the chap who I bought mine off sells them for £9.50, although he gave me 4 Otos, 4 pitbulls and 19 Cardinals for £50 and personally delivered them (lives near me. lol). The first time I got pitbulls (before my CO2 disaster) he gave me 4 for £35.
Its good that he's settled down and I guess him trying to group with the Otos is a sign that hes a little lonely.
Colour wise you'll find that it isn't a colour morph. Pitbulls are like Chameleons!!
When they're on light coloured sand and they will go almost the same colour as the sand and lose their 'freckles'. When they're in the shade or in the plants they will go green/metallic and freckled again. When they are in a very dark area they gain an almost Oto like complexion (although green not grey and no black line. lol) You'll notice that for a few minutes after leaving shade and coming to the light they will retain the greeny colour, and often 'bury' themselves in the sand until they change to the lighter colour.
Enjoy and I'm glad you got him some friends.
If you're wanting to bread them (once they're up to their 3 inches) then do cold water changes. The heater will bring it back in line so turn it down to 23/24. They breed much like corys in that they lay small batches of eggs on the glass. When they hatch they are smaller than a pinhead and very difficult to see.
I haven't personally bred them yet (wrong time of year to try to keep the tank at that temp when theirs 2.5WPG heating it up too. lol) but I have seen Marcus at Pleco Aquatics and they are cute little things (3 days old and using the 10x zoom on my camera to se them!!!!)
Andy
Its good that he's settled down and I guess him trying to group with the Otos is a sign that hes a little lonely.
Colour wise you'll find that it isn't a colour morph. Pitbulls are like Chameleons!!
When they're on light coloured sand and they will go almost the same colour as the sand and lose their 'freckles'. When they're in the shade or in the plants they will go green/metallic and freckled again. When they are in a very dark area they gain an almost Oto like complexion (although green not grey and no black line. lol) You'll notice that for a few minutes after leaving shade and coming to the light they will retain the greeny colour, and often 'bury' themselves in the sand until they change to the lighter colour.
Enjoy and I'm glad you got him some friends.
If you're wanting to bread them (once they're up to their 3 inches) then do cold water changes. The heater will bring it back in line so turn it down to 23/24. They breed much like corys in that they lay small batches of eggs on the glass. When they hatch they are smaller than a pinhead and very difficult to see.
I haven't personally bred them yet (wrong time of year to try to keep the tank at that temp when theirs 2.5WPG heating it up too. lol) but I have seen Marcus at Pleco Aquatics and they are cute little things (3 days old and using the 10x zoom on my camera to se them!!!!)
Andy
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