--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL
>I was just looking at some F. diaphanus in my native community tank. What
>I
>presume to be a male has a large black spot at the back of his dorsal fin
>and
>the anal fin is very yellow. All the books I've looked in say nothing
>about
>color like this on diaphanus has anyone else seen this? The other four
>fish
>(females?) seem to have papillae. The tank is about 60 - 65 F. with 12
>hours
>of light. This doesn't seem to be the right time or condition for spawning
>but I think I'll place them in a small tank and see what happens. Anyone
>with experience with this fish I could use some advice.
>
>Bob Muller
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