New color strain of Microgeophagus ramirezi

[wethumbs]

I have been breeding these for over a year now. They breed true so it is safe to say this is a new color strain. The forehead does get very red once it is mature. Picture is a 2"+ TL male.

 

[xnick87]

nice looking fish! Def would stand out in a planted tank

 

[JasonC]

What are you going to call the new strain? Almost looks like a Red Cap Oranda goldfish

 

[MikeW65]

I sold the Powder Blue rams that I had bred over 2 years ago, they are a nice "in between" from regular rams and the Electric Blues.

 

[Melanochromis]

Pretty fish !

A commercial breeder here has been breeding a basically gold ram that is covered with power blue. He calls his fish blue-gold ram. It's similar to yours but there are probably some subtle differences. Anyway, I personally like yours and I hope you'll keep breeding them

 

[Vitaly]

This colour form of Ramirezi was first reported yet in 2011:
http://www.kwas.ca/forum/showthread.php?19319-Electric-Blue-Ram-Genetics&p=131390#post131390
I reported the same about half year later here (in Russian): http://akva.by/forum/index.php/topic,1660.0.html