Re: [RML] more newbie enthusiam
Carvi Shamsid-Deen (csha at usa.net)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 06:05:57 -0500
At 10:01 AM 9/21/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm going to bore you with a few of my observations. I'm telling the
>list because you folks understand. My wife just says, "That's nice,
>Dear." ;-)
>
>I have a group of of very nicely colored M. boesemani. The males are
>bright orange-yellow on the back half and dusky blue on the front. The
>females are the same dusky blue all over. One morning I was watching
>the tank as the lights came on. All the boesemani were much darker
>than normal: black and deep orange. As I watched they faded back to
>their normal colors in a matter of seconds. Fun. And a very useful
>survival mechanism I would guess.
Aren't they absolutely gorgeous?!
Don't worry, you're not alone. Here's another newbie who spends way too
much time on the computer, but still watching those bows and waiting to get
some more. :)
Carvi