Okay, I guess I'll be the first to say I haven't fully identified all of my fish.

I've had four of these for about five months now and have been waiting for them to color up a bit. I got them from a guy who said they were red empresses, but when I posted for ID back then, I was told they might be poorly bred or hybrids.



Starting to show some color.


The flash washes out the color - this is closer to what it looks like.

Yup, that's a Red Empress.

Thank you, David. Good Job

Aura, don't feel bad...I can leave the LFS with the name of the fish and lose it before I get home...

He's going to be stunning! I know nothing about red empress, but I think they are beautiful.

Kim

Wow Aura they really colored up great!! I'm glad to see them progressing well for you. I lost mine to bloat, that is what made me change my tank around!

Kim, I now try to write the name of the fish down while I'm still at the store and if I'm lucky, I can still find the paper (usually some small scrap in the bottom of my purse) after I get home. But that doesn't help if the fish in the tank at the store isn't really what they have it labeled as. :unsure:

Cturner, too bad you lost yours. These are turning out pretty nice from the silvery little things they used to be - whether they are pure or not. I'm not looking to breed or sell any of these so it matters not to me.

What's funny is that my lone F (who looks just like the photo) has grown normally since I got her 5 months ago, but what turned out to be my males have all grown slowly.

Of course, since thus far the males' only color is green they may be a different species entirely!

Pseudo, are you sure your female really is one? Do you have a picture?

I gotta get my camera skills going... Right now she looks just like the top image on this thread, but all silver and black with no other colors.

Definatly a Red Emp Very Beutyfull!!!

Thanks Cichlidfinatic,

He's looking even better now, but I can't get a decent picture. The flash just washes him out. idunno It doesn't stop me from trying, though.

Take the Flash off, what kind of digital camera do you have??
heres a tip:

Take your Background off the tank..and replace it it with a black one...turn all lights off in the room and turn the flash off on the camera..if U have a high speed setting on ur camera nows the time to use it ..if not no biggie just gotta get a moment where the empress is stationary.. now take that shot!! be like the PRO"S

try it out

Rob

NONE the less u should stop knocking ur self on ur photo skills there Great my friend!! Good Job
but try out my tip if u didnt already know about and see the difference my pics turn out great that way

witch reminds me im gonna post up my tank shots :)

I'm just using a point and shoot, Canon Powershot A540.

It has some manual settings which I keep meaning to read up on so I can figure out how to use them - one of these days.

I do have a black backgound on that tank. That last shot I took was from the side without the flash. I guess I need to work on that higher speed to get a better focus.

Thanks for the tips and looking forward to your pics!

So far the Pics I got are a little crappy I figured out better pic skills afterwards and the new pics are still on my camera...

Where is the USB cord?? I would still like to know dumb dumb
For now you gotta settle for a few crapppy shots I have up...

Not to beat a dead horse or anything...YEP, deff a red empress. And boy howdy is he going to be a stunning fish when he is in breeding dress. You got a steal no matter the cost on that one Aura. CONGRATS! Drooly