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The original 6 were more purple, which led me to think they may have been wild stock, but the progeny have got bluer.
I don't think anyone knows exactly why that happens with tank bred ones, could be the diet I suppose like flamingos......??????

Emperor pics

Proper pout on that big one on the left in the last pic (male? Cant remember off hand which eye colour is which )

Blue male, green female.
I think it's a male.
I've lost some more of the originals lately, not sure if any of them are now.

If you ever fancy posting any of them my way, I’ll bite your arm off for them! Gorgeous fish

They are lovely, I wonder what they'd be like with rummynose and lemon tetras

mantis wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 16:57 pm They are lovely, I wonder what they'd be like with rummynose and lemon tetras

They'd be fine, they're actually a little slower, but a lot bigger.

A couple more from this year - I've only just put the stuff on the PC to sort out.....
Shows how old as the flame has now passed.....

The last pic isn't great, but they look like a line of "Donkeys".

Love your Emperors Ian

They're all aquarium-grown now, I'm pretty sure the original 6 have all passed.
Amazingly, they still have a purple tinge and haven't gone the blue that normal aquarium-bred fish do.