Goldflake changing colors

[phocuz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8983867#post8983867 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmicky41
Phocuz, on mine initially the torn area of the tail regrew clear. Over a long time, all the black on the tail fin turned clear.

Do you have a picture, and when you say clear, do you mean yellow or transparent ?

 

[jmicky41]

transparent

 

[phocuz]

Picutre taken yesterday. Almost a year and the half after the first one. Colors are still changing slowly.

 

[snorvich]

Those are two very nice fish.

 

[Rare Angels]

That fish is awesome, looks like it's a cross between a flagfin and a ? Goldaflake?....

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

If I was a bettin man I would say that is a goldflake/flagfin cross for sure. The first pic looks like a pure goldflake juvie/subadult, the latest pic really has characteristics of both species but looks much more like a flagfin. Its interesting how almost all of the black on his fins has vanished, even the anal fin which is black in both species. Whatever it is that is one beautiful angel! Thanks for the pics and an update.

 

[matt11390]

Fish is for sure not a flagfin. It could be some kind of hybrid but it clearly has the visable signs of a goldflake. The black in the fins and the goldflake scales are a couple. I think you have a one of a kind goldflake who is changing its appearance.

 

[Cantonesefish]

It's like watching evolution taking place in the home aquarium!