A beautiful fish in my opinion Will you snag it? I gather it's an F1?
Don't be surprised if the lines grow thicker in time though, I had a female with very thin lines. Now 2 years later she looks almost normal! Maybe it has something to do with growth rate? The fish growing fast and the lines catching up later? I don't know, but I do know the lines can change, I've seen it several times.
I've seen the fish today, it's about 5 cm. long.
Probably F1 and still needs a lot of growing before it can breed.
Must say it looks more spectacular on the pictures.
Greetings,
John
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For me it's a beautiful fish, primarily for the different patterning. Then again I have always had a soft spot for the colour morphs that can appear in zebras. I will throw the cat amongst the pidgeons with my next comment. I personally think that fish as the one pictured above have an important part to play in any captive breeding programme and should be snapped up when offered for sale. The reason is that they provide added diversity in the gene pool. In all probability the trait that this fish displays is a recessive one and would probably not appear in subsequent generations. That said I fully understand the preference of a more "traditionally" marked zebra and there isn't much that can beat that.
jeroentje wrote:I'm not going to buy it. I have enough normal zebra's
Come on, there's still room for one more. The chances of finding a Zebra like that is really rare, you'd be a first (we have never seen this before)! Imagine the variations of the fry, maybe you'll find something interesting. Go for it!