Jardini and their Colors

[jdvue]

Good stuff dont worry about all the people it is clear they look different in color. Thats like saying all german shepherds are german shepherds even though there are black, white, black and tan etc... My point is that there are different colors and you did a great job in pointing them out.

thanks.

or (sarcasm) maybe if you take your german shepard and leave it in a light environment it will start to change from black to tan?
leave it in a dark place and the tan color will become black.

-but i must admit that environment can trigger physical changes in creatures such as; dogs shedding, rabbits (brown in summer, white in winter), caterpillars change to butterflies, etc... it may apply to Jars as well, and I will not rule out that possibility...

but clearly there is a difference in the dark black Jar posted and the goldish Jar right?

If anything, regardless of what the causes may or may not be for these differences, i just want ppL to accept the fact that these differences do exist.

 

[dayak]

isnt there only 2 type of jar?
pearl and the one has red dot spot all over the body and fins?
as for color fish, they all seems to respond to the lightning they r in well.

 

[jdvue]

isnt there only 2 type of jar?
pearl and the one has red dot spot all over the body and fins?
as for color fish, they all seems to respond to the lightning they r in well.

Well, a Jar is a Jar.

but yes, the pearls and the red-spots do exist.
As well as many other notable variants.-gold, black, platnium, etc...

 

[Hao]

isnt there only 2 type of jar?
pearl and the one has red dot spot all over the body and fins?
as for color fish, they all seems to respond to the lightning they r in well.

No. There is only one type of Jardini, which is the Scleropages Jardini. Other coloration appearing is due to genes, and other factors like diet,tank enviroment.

 

[goestonemoa]

It's all just a regular Jardini and the person who owns their Jardini can call it whatever they want. End of story.

 

[Jenko]

isnt there only 2 type of jar?
pearl and the one has red dot spot all over the body and fins?
as for color fish, they all seems to respond to the lightning they r in well.

scleropages leichardti and scleropages jardini.

 

[pi-eyed]

Nice thread !!! Being a jardini owner I laugh at the made up names of these fish on aquabid. Golden crossback jardini,platinum pearl jardini etc... In my experience with jars, when very young jardini all look like a platinum morph. They tend to grow into their colors. When fed properly they(at least mine) show wonderful pearling over a golden bronze base color with pinkish and black hues .

good read,

-----Chris

 

[pinkpearl8130]

Great thread; very informative. Thank you for creating this thread. I'm a proud owner of a jardini but never knew much about their colors. We recently moved my jar from a light gravel tank with no background to a black gravel tank with a blue background. He/she went from a silver/bronze color with pink spots and blackish fins to almost all black with pink spots and black fins. My husband and I were delightfully surprised but had no explanation except for diet of freeze dried shrimp and a new tankmate (a large irridescent shark). Now I know that the dark environment must have played a part in it's color change along with it's genes. It is a little bittersweet to know that a jar is a jar no matter what color it is. Everyone wishes they are lucky enough to own a rare type of a certain fish. Perhaps one day a selective breeding program will prove or produce rare color morphs. ^_^

 

[tomojsg]

entertaining thread lol...

 

[scriving]

Genetics definitely play a roll in a jardinis color. I have fed my jar high quality food such as nls and mp and never really developed much red to him. On the other hand i went to a local fish store the other day they had a jar there with crazy pearls and red all over. He was being kept in a small tank which did not look like it was being kept up with properly. I was tempted to buy it until they told me it was 300. Best looking jar i have ever seen by far and i have seen my fair share.