T. verrucosus morphs

[david]

As my T. v's morph, I'm finding what appears to be 2 different types coming from the same parents. The pics aren't the greatest but here goes. One goup appear to be the dark type and are morphing larger and heavier. Here's the "dark type".

The second group has lighter coloration and the dots running down the side like shanjing. They morph at about a half of the size of the "dark" form. Here's a pic of that variant.

Here's a pic of the 2 to give a little more idea of what I'm talking about. Is this common?

 

[chris]

My animals morphed fairly small, and were all light coloured, excep the larger one which was darker. They all turned out to be dark (excep for a male that went chocolate colour). Perhaps they morph dark becaus ehtey are large, not large because they aere dark.
Chris

 

[david]

Good point Chris, maybe so.

(Message edited by dln on September 21, 2004)

 

[chris]

The colours are roughly in the same areas on the two colours, but they are just a shade lighter on the smaller animals.
I would think they will darken in time - mine, which were even more orange than your light ones are now entirely black and brown, apart from the underneath of the tail and feet.
Chris

 

[jennifer]

I am raising a "light" variant of T. verrucosus. First, a photo of a normal morph; all but one of them were about 8-10 cm at metamorphosis. Then a photo of my MONSTER morph. Believe it or not, this one just lost its gills in the past week. It has been much larger than the rest from very early on.

 

[colin]

How long did it take from hatching to get that size Jen?

 

[jesper]

Wow, the ones I got were like 5cm at metamorphosis...

 

[mark]

Well Jen those are some nice morphs. It's true that verrucosus larvae often tend to keep their gills until they are almost mature. But this occurs only at good water quality and with not too high temperatures.
What were the temperatures at which you kept them?

Greetings
~Mark

 

[jennifer]

They have all gone through metamorphosis at 4-5 months after hatching. The monster, and most of the rest, were raised quite warm, about 75-78F. The 4 smallest larvae were raised separately in a cooler tank; they took longer to hit metamorphosis, and thus are morphing at about the same size as the others.

 

[jennifer]

Can you tell I just fed this one yesterday? I think it may need to apply for membership in Overeaters Anonymous.

 

[john]

Dave - show us a photo of yours from the side. They're not light type but they may not be dark either (they don't look quite right for dark). I think maybe what I call "x" but please show me a side photo.

 

[david]

I'll try to take a side pic tonight and post it. Do you have any X type pics?

 

[david]

Here's a couple of side pics John