Finally - The Purple Passion Danios !!

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pp01862

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May 3, 2006
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They DO exist! :) I finally picked up 3 for my tank. So far so good. They are really beautiful, even for as juvenile as they are right now. I bet when they become adult fish their color will really come out. Just has to share my excitment. Had a really had time finding a LFS that would carry them. The one I got em from ordered a bunch just because of my request, so hopefully will turn others onto them too.
 

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pp01862

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May 3, 2006
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Noticed something odd about the one fish (of the 3 I have) ... the one seems to be missing the upper lip. I wonder if it was a birth defect I didn't notice right away because they swim around so darn fast. Or maybe one of the other fish picked on it and took a chunk of the fish's face off. Either way, I feel really bad. It seems to be moving about ok, just looks wrong though. I really will be surprised if it lives much longer, as I'm not sure how it could eat under those conditions.

I do have a blind cave fish with a birth defect and have had it 2 years now, it is missing one of it's gill flaps. It's my biggest one (of 4 blind cave fish) and doesn't seem disabled by it at all.

With mass breeding of these fish, I bet a lot of defects come out, as it would with anything bred in mass quantities. Anyone have fish of their own with some sort of defect?
 

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pp01862

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May 3, 2006
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Well, this morning I cannot find the purple passion danio that was sick. We looked everywhere in that tank. The other 2 seem fine. I wonder if one of my giant danios or killifish ate the sick one, maybe it died overnight and they ate it. I feel bad. Hate losing fish, but at least would like to know what happened to it. Never had a fish go missing in this tank without a trace. There is no evidence of a jump and my lid is pretty secure anyway.
 

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