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I haven't posted pictures in a while, so ...

This is a close-up of Satchel, (female wildtype). My female golden albino, Connor, is hanging out in the background.

Here's Satchel again with Bucky, my other female wildtype. They seem to know whenever I'm taking pictures so it's somewhat difficult to get pictures of the other two. (For this particular shoot, my leucistic male, Murphy, decided to be MIA.)

 

[anne-marie]

Nice colour variations. They look quite mature - have you had them for a while?

 

[peter]

It's nice to see them developing well. Hope they keep on rocking!

 

[dot]

Thanks Anne-Marie and Pete!

Bucky and Satchel are both a little over a year old. I got them from Ward's Biological Supply last June and I estimated that they were born around April. This winter they both laid eggs after picking up spermatophores from Murphy (the leucistic). I haven't measured them in a while but they're about 7.5-8 inches long. The other two, Connor and Murphy, I've had since about August of last year and would guess to say that they're about the same age, but they're both quite a bit smaller than the wildtypes.

 

[cynthia]

Satchel and Bucky are as lovely as ever. Still hogging the camera too lol

 

[pamela]

Go Satchel!!!!

 

[grant]

Nice pictures. I wonder how old my golden albino is because she is about 7.5 inches and thats about the size of your adults but still isn't matured (no black finger tips). Maybe shes just going to be HUGE!! lol.

 

[halszka]

I really like Satchel's lighter colour

Is she really a lot lighter or is it just the camera angle? She looks like a cross between a dark wild type and Anne-Marie's cappuccino coloured axie

 

[dot]

Actually, Satchel started out darker than Bucky, and has gotten gradually lighter as she's matured. I think she's the more personable of the two wildtypes. She's super nosey and will watch anyone who comes near the tank. Bucky is larger and is just as nosey, but she's more of the alpha female. (They were named after the characters from the comic "Get Fuzzy" and somewhat have the personalities of the characters they're named after.)

(There are a couple older pictures floating around somewhere on the forum of her, but here are a couple more.)

(Bucky is on top and Satchel is on the bottom.)

(Full-body shot of Satchel.)

(And yes, Murphy does exist! He's underneath Connor.)

 

[halszka]

Look at those gills! They're awesome

 

[anne-marie]

Dot, those two wildtypes are Max-olotls, they look huge for being just over a year old. What a gene pool.

 

[lisa]

Awwww they are all so gorgeous. Such lovely colors.

 

[dot]

Actually, Mike, they'd be mine and Anakin/Hayden's children, because I don't particularly dig evil burn victims with respirators. It's just not the way I roll.

Jerkface.

P.S. - Thanks everyone, for the compliments.

The girls (and boy) are doing well and Satchel has decided that she wants to be dark again. I'm beginning to think that she got lighter in color due to stress. We had a really bad heat wave recently and I was going through two to three frozen bottles every few hours to keep the tank cool. (They're in a breeder tank, so the water gets warmer much quicker.)

(Message edited by dot on June 19, 2005)

 

[grant]

All of your axies have such healthy looking gills!! Theyre beautiful!! Kind of an off topic question but my golden albino looks about the exact same color as your golden Connor. But, why are some goldens a much darker yellow than that of ours?