Dave, Thanks for the info. Like I said, sadly, almost nothing is known about locations of different color populations of Rams. If the location of a red form were known, I'm sure it would be collected & shipped by now. Mike Wise David Sanchez wrote: > Mike all of the Rams were very uniform in that they > looked yellow as the male in the picture. The females > Mike had very distinct blue spots even more then the > male in the pic so to me it was not that diffrent > because the females blue spots were even more > distinct. Any idea about of a "more red" wild ram. I > once had some I swear had a redish hugh to them they > were pretty nice. > > Dave Sanchez > > --- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net> wrote: > > Dave, > > > > Were the other Rams that came in with this fish all > > the same color? BTW, it's > > the strangest looking male I've ever seen. The blue > > scales throughout the flank > > spot are typical of every female Ram I've ever seen. > > > > Mike Wise > > > > David Sanchez wrote: > > > > > hereis the link for the pic of the wild yellow ram > > I > > > am talking about > > > http://www.geocities.com/barbax2/yellow_ram_2.jpg > > > > > > Dave Sanchez > > > > > > --- David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I have a question for us all out there in Apisto > > > > world. Perhaps Mike W could be of use here we > > have > > > > been talking about population or geographic > > > > difrrences > > > > with our fish. I know that wild rams come in > > many > > > > shapes and sizes. I have seen wild rams with > > allot > > > > of > > > > red on them and wild rams with more blue I have > > also > > > > seen wild rams that were almost yellow! > > > > Hedre is a pic of a colubian ram I dont know the > > > > location but I do know they came from Columbia > > and > > > > this is a wild ram! this is the father of my > > Gold > > > > ram > > > > line I have been line breeding. so anyone else > > have > > > > thoughts on Ram population variations. The > > prettiest > > > > Rams I ever saw were ones that I could only > > describe > > > > as being mostly red all ove rthey had a red > > kinda > > > > glow > > > > to them of course this is all subtle and shows > > best > > > > when they are in the proper environment. > > > > > > > > Dave Sanchez > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > > > http://faith.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This is the apistogramma mailing list, > > apisto@listbox.com. > > > For instructions on how to subscribe or > > unsubscribe or get help, > > > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > > > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > > > Trading at > > > http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is the apistogramma mailing list, > > apisto@listbox.com. > > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe > > or get help, > > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > > Trading at > http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader