How long did it take your Rod's onyx to Onyx?
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Canarygirl
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I didn't get my pair of onyx from the same place, but I got a pair about 4 months ago. At this time, the smaller probable-male is starting to turn, and the female is still bright orange. The breeder told me that it's impossible to guarantee that all offspring will become onyx. FWIW....
taylor t
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I have 2 from his september batch and they're both about 3/4 to 1 inch long. Both have 3rd bar started and or completed (1 has full 3rd bars completed, 1 has 1/4 of the 3rd bar started on only one side), and have started turning black (about 25%). All fin tips and between 1st & second bar are mostly black. I think they're 4 months old now. At a glance, onyx is definately obvious. Both have been hosting since I got them in November.
dzeadow
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When I called Rod to get mine at the end of Dec, he said he had some that weren't darkening up as fast as others and sold them to me for like $20/25 each. They only have 2 stripes and are about 1/2-3/4", but since I've been feeding them 3 times a day, they've been slowly darkening up. ORA Glo, Freeze Dried Cyclop-eez... seems to be working. I have to reduce feedings though since I'm having problems with cyano now. Rod told me it ould take years for these ones to get to onyx if they're going to get there at all, but said since they look like regular percs he was going to sell them as such.
taylor t
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I'd call him and talk to him. I've only met him once, but he's got a rep as a really reasonable guy, and from talking to him all but 30 minutes, I think he's pretty reasonable too. If you have a pic, send it to him and talk to him to see what's going on. Maybe he'll take care of you with another pair....? Maybe he'll sell them at a discounted rate. There's really no way to know how they will grow up either, in his defense. He picked out 4 for me that bearly started growing a first bar, while most didn't have any bars at all. There's no way of telling how nature runs it's course. I have 2 left, 2 became skimmate. (originally bought 4) Good luck.
Jovreefer
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This one was a left over from a batch slow to color up. Rod said it was 7-8 months old when I got it. This is a pic soon after I got it.(fish on top)
Here is the same fish at 1 year old
& here she is today at right around 14 months
Its said onyx can take up to 1.5 years to become fully onyx, I'm confident mine will be fully onyx even with its really slow start. There are also cases where certian anem's can fade & stunt the black coloration on onyx, this could be the case with yours.
Here is the same fish at 1 year old
& here she is today at right around 14 months
Its said onyx can take up to 1.5 years to become fully onyx, I'm confident mine will be fully onyx even with its really slow start. There are also cases where certian anem's can fade & stunt the black coloration on onyx, this could be the case with yours.
dzeadow
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i need to email Rod and ask how old mine were. Mine showed up w/ the 2nd stripe, about 1/2" and one had a hint of black between the two bars and the other didn't. The one that had a hint is starting to blacken up nicely, not nearly like the pics above, but still looking like it might slowly catch up a little. The other is showing black as well, just not as much. This is ok w/ me though since I was going to purchase some solomon clowns in hopes that they'd just get a little black to touch between bars.. I like the red color of Rod's vs. the yellowish of normal percs.
Canarygirl
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great looking fish! 
Eklikewhoa
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I have a pair of onxy clowns and at first they both had nice black between the first two stripes....no third stripe at the time but now both have like 1/4 3rd stripes.
I got them a RBTA and now one has become larger with black fading....the smaller of the two is darkening up but still not as much as an onxy usually looks like.
Both are about a yr old now.
I got them a RBTA and now one has become larger with black fading....the smaller of the two is darkening up but still not as much as an onxy usually looks like.
Both are about a yr old now.
Canarygirl
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Is it possible that the rate of color development is nutrition related? For example, I have two Clarkiis that are a little over a year old. They are split between two tanks because one got an eye infection when he was little and went blind. I had to hand feed him for several months to keep him alive.
He regained his eyesight in one eye eventually and can now feed himself, but he is about 20% smaller than the other Clarkii and is much lighter in color. He is finally starting to get darker though now that he's eating more.
He regained his eyesight in one eye eventually and can now feed himself, but he is about 20% smaller than the other Clarkii and is much lighter in color. He is finally starting to get darker though now that he's eating more.
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