L91 w/ possible tiger/dragon pattern

arclight · Post by **arclight** » 19 Jun 2003, 06:42

A local dealer has 6 young L91s. 5 of 6 have the standard orange markings at the front of each top fin. The 6th ones top fins are completly covered w orange; kind of a camoflage pattern. Is this some type of juvenile coloring that will eventually dissipate to match the others or might this be one of the Tiger or Dragon patterned types? all of the fish are the same size, approx. 4"

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 20 Jun 2003, 11:36

Hi !

I have seen several pics of such color morph of leporacanthicus triactis, they seems to keeps such "design" when reaching adult size...nice adition to your tank, really worth it!
Cheers
Yann

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 20 Jun 2003, 16:15

nyc morphs are very good buy!

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 20 Jun 2003, 16:40

@plecomaniac what is a NYC morph?

polkadot · Post by **polkadot** » 21 Jun 2003, 02:57

See http://keruzou.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pineapple/l.html for some pics of it.

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 21 Jun 2003, 05:32

well a morph, is something like a freak of nature.. just like reptiles, fishes too have morphs.. Its something that is basically different from the ordinary type

They are good buy cuz there are only few, and unique

Post by **Dinyar** » 21 Jun 2003, 14:41

what is a NYC morph?

I live in NYC and visit a lot of the LFS here, but have never seen the "NYC morphs" you refer to.

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 22 Jun 2003, 03:33

morphs are uncommon, they just appear every now and then..

go to ur importer adn look at fishes arriving by batch, mayb u myght find one

gudluck

arclight · Post by **arclight** » 22 Jun 2003, 07:25

Went back to the lfs that had the L91 tiger morph today. All 5 of its tankmates were gone, but it was still there, so I got it. Very active, very outgoing. Already eating shrimp & carnivore pellets, has chewed the rind off of a piece of zucinni & tried to steal the 12" common pleco's algae tab. It didn't get it, but did get shoved half way across the tank by the big boy. Sulked for a minute or 2 then went off and found its own. We're practicing w/ the photo stik in our camcorder & will try topost a pic. soon.