ZebraPleco.com • The complete Hypancistrus zebra resource

Hello,


Today I bought 3 new fishes. They are about 7 cm. I think/hope they are female. But ... all three have al blue spot on their ventral side.
They look healthy. The fish store will contact the breeder to give an explanation. Monday I will know more. But in the mean time maybe you can give an explanation??

FISH 1


FISH 2


FISH 3


ALL THREE TOGETHER

Thanks for the reaction Barbie!

What kind of food can it be? I don't know blue food.

Are all three of them female??

Apisto that looks perfectly fine and a healthy bunch the fish in the bottom right looks like a male

ventral view
FISH 1 male
FISH 2 female
FISH 3 female

Without going into to much detail on this subject. Often the colour of faeces is most animals is nothing like the colour of the food that went in. Hence, as Barbie says, the dark (blue-ish) colour is just faeces. A good sign that you have three healthy zebras.