POST YOUR HIGHEST QUALITY MARBLED MOTOROS!!!
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I allready posted in this thread my highest quality female but I have a couple valid points.
Most Marbles I have ever owned peak between 8 and 12 inches. After that they darken up and the pattern becomes less appealing, just like people, peak in thier late teens and into the 40s become less apealing. Some super models look great in thier prime, BUT take them out of thier prime and compare them with supermodels that are IN thier prime and it's easy to see that it's not a fair comparison.
So on behalf of the "cougar" stingrays I'm tossing up a pic of my new uber hawt old lady.
Don't know if I have ever seen a Marble this appealing over 18 inches. I've seen one that could rival her, and she lives in the same pond now. Was she better looking when younger? Sure. Is she any less appealing looking now? I don't think so, her sheer size makes up for it. Her flippers are the size of my hand.
Most Marbles I have ever owned peak between 8 and 12 inches. After that they darken up and the pattern becomes less appealing, just like people, peak in thier late teens and into the 40s become less apealing. Some super models look great in thier prime, BUT take them out of thier prime and compare them with supermodels that are IN thier prime and it's easy to see that it's not a fair comparison.
So on behalf of the "cougar" stingrays I'm tossing up a pic of my new uber hawt old lady.
Don't know if I have ever seen a Marble this appealing over 18 inches. I've seen one that could rival her, and she lives in the same pond now. Was she better looking when younger? Sure. Is she any less appealing looking now? I don't think so, her sheer size makes up for it. Her flippers are the size of my hand.
I share your sentiments DB..one of my male, the patterns started to breaking up and he's abou 3 years old 12-13" in size. and also heard from experience ray keeper that most rays will turn to not that nice when they grow old...
DB junkie;3965072; said:Most Marbles I have ever owned peak between 8 and 12 inches. After that they darken up and the pattern becomes less appealing, just like people, peak in thier late teens and into the 40s become less apealing. Some super models look great in thier prime, BUT take them out of thier prime and compare them with supermodels that are IN thier prime and it's easy to see that it's not a fair comparison.
So on behalf of the "cougar" stingrays I'm tossing up a pic of my new uber hawt old lady.
Don't know if I have ever seen a Marble this appealing over 18 inches. .
DB junkie;3965072; said:I allready posted in this thread my highest quality female but I have a couple valid points.
Most Marbles I have ever owned peak between 8 and 12 inches. After that they darken up and the pattern becomes less appealing, just like people, peak in thier late teens and into the 40s become less apealing. Some super models look great in thier prime, BUT take them out of thier prime and compare them with supermodels that are IN thier prime and it's easy to see that it's not a fair comparison.
So on behalf of the "cougar" stingrays I'm tossing up a pic of my new uber hawt old lady.
Don't know if I have ever seen a Marble this appealing over 18 inches. I've seen one that could rival her, and she lives in the same pond now. Was she better looking when younger? Sure. Is she any less appealing looking now? I don't think so, her sheer size makes up for it. Her flippers are the size of my hand.
Hey, I'm getting close to 40...
How does my old female compare to when you first got her? What size is she now?
I'd put your girl about 13-14 inches. She looks the same as when she arrived. She darkened up at Jim's.spotfin;3965248; said:
I'll be starting an experiment attempting to rejuvenate the Marble's patterns soon. Will be adding a natural color looking pool filter sand to the pond this weekend. Shop lights are getting tossed and I'm gonna give metal halides a shot. I will then wait a few weeks and see what happens. The last leg of the experiment will be water. Gonna knock that PH way down with RO, but I want to see if it's enviroment or water that's killing patterns, OR if this change is simply inevetable and is natural in Marbles. If it's natural then I'll be glad I have what I have and will be able to finally rest peacefully knowing it wasn't poor care on my part that led to the pattern changing.
IF I had to guess I'm pinning it on PH. Shawn (MNstingray) has some amazing looking Marbles and he has bare bottom pond liner and shoplights, and I have seen his look so amazing after 6 months at his place that they don't even look like the same rays he imported. He uses straight RO around a PH of 6. My PH is 8.5-8.8.
How's your guys' PH up there Jason? If there's a big difference in yours and Jim's we may have just cracked this puzzle.
Maybe you shouldn't have put a 1 pic limit on this threadKolossus;3965939; said:ENOUGH WITH THE CHIT CHAT!...Lets get back to photos
There would be a lot more high quality Marbles to look at...... 
I apologize for the derail. Carry on.
