Bristlenose eyes

Subject: Bristlenose eyes Mon May 18, 2009 9:19 pm

Hi All

Just a quick question and one that may appear a little odd, but do all bristlenose have a papillary iris flap? and is it always visible. The reason i ask is that i have seen numerous photos on the net where they appear to have a "normal" type eye with no pappilary iris flap, and wonder if some bristlenose are like that.

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Tue May 26, 2009 9:43 am

Pappilary Iris flap : from what I've read KenG ,it's the same dealy as your Iris , it's designed to do the
same thing, control the level of light that reaches the eye. Expanding the Iris flap cuts down the level
of light which the fish prefers. I could be wrong - thats just what I have read.
Cheers J

Subject: different ? about eyes Fri May 29, 2009 2:26 pm

Hi I bought some albino long fins and have just noticed that one has black eyes - is this normal colour as it's not albino red?

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Sat May 30, 2009 11:20 am

Yvette wrote:: Hi I bought some albino long fins and have just noticed that one has black eyes - is this normal colour as it's not albino red?

If it has black eyes it is probably a L144 Smile

Do you have a pic

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Sat May 30, 2009 3:25 pm

Can't get a decent pic of the little ****** as keeps swimming off the to sides where it is painted!

should it be kept separate from the true albinos then?

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:45 am

Yvette wrote:: Can't get a decent pic of the little ****** as keeps swimming off the to sides where it is painted! should it be kept separate from the true albinos then?

There's no need to separate them until they are breedable size, and then that's because it's best not to mix types if possible.

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:40 am

Kick me if I'm wrong but I though L144 had blueish eyes?
Possibly sounds like a mixed gene - a common that has a lot of white skin pigment
but not the red eyes like a true albino. I have been known to wrong before.
Cheers J

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:59 am

Kurosaki J wrote:: Kick me if I'm wrong but I though L144 had blueish eyes?
Possibly sounds like a mixed gene - a common that has a lot of white skin pigment
but not the red eyes like a true albino. I have been known to wrong before.
Cheers J

The L144's that I have and that I have seen have blue/black eyes. So dark that they look black so it can sometimes be difficult to tell. Also, the colouration should be more lemon as well. Although I too could be wrong lol!

Subject: Re: Bristlenose eyes Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:11 am

most of the L144' s i have kept and seen have either blue or black eyes. :bounce: :bounce: and they will have a much richer colour to there body as an albino will be pale.

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