This is a male blue throat, right?

[Just Jim]

I got this fish maybe 6 months ago probably under 3". It had yellow and lost it all. There's no way it turned female, is there? I was attracted to the light grayish fish with strong yellow. If it turned female, Id simply buy another male. It still has a blue throat though.

 

[triggerfreak]

yes............................

 

[Just Jim]

Where did the yellow go? Why is he so dark?

 

[Dmorty217]

They often become very drab in the home aquarium and virtually everyone complains about them losing the yellow markings... Welcome to having a male blue throat

 

[Just Jim]

So there's no real difference between Hawaii and indo?

 

[triggerfreak]

no and mine lost the yellow too for a while, i fed enriched food and vitamins and it came back a little.

 

[Just Jim]

I soak my mysis in vitamin c and a dash of garlic. He eats everything. I'm not buying food helping this. I wanted one to look like this

 

[victorvie]

Nice fish. I whish I could keep one of those without taking a chance to hurt my shrimp.

 

[nikon187]

maybe need a female present to maintain the nicer colours, like fairy wrasses

 

[Just Jim]

If I knew that would work I would try it. But to add another dull colored fish would be a bummer if it didn't.

 

[spoonman1979]

+1 on adding a female. The presence of a female will keep the male looking his best...

 

[triggreef]

My male looks pretty good. Maybe feed him more. I feed my tank heavy 4 to 5 times a day. Live black worms mysis pellets krill etc.

Also I have a Harlequin shrimp, skunk, peppermints, fire, and 2 yellow/blue coral bandit shrimp, no problems with well fed fish.

 

[triggreef]

 

[Just Jim]

No pinched belly here. Mine is still on the small side, but he's thick

 

[triggreef]

I just snapped this pic tonight and had to share. The first one I snapped when I took out the camera. Usually takes a while to get a good one.

 

[Just Jim]

Beautiful. How big is it?