Do yellow assessors look different?

[Meanmike]

One looks like all the pics I have seen of them the other is a duller yellow and does not have any red on its fins. I was wondering if it could be a juvenile or maybe male and female?

[A.VOID]

I've heard the ones that ORA is breeding look duller yellow. :(
Captive vs. Wild may be less yellow.

I also wonder if captive bred will exhibit the same swimming behaviors (upside down, sideways, etc) as the wild caught.

[Meanmike]

They both swim that way and only come out at feeding time. The duller one has been in there longer and did come out in the open more before I added the second one but now they hang out on the other side where it's hard to see them.

[rhdoug]

I got an ORA one a while back and it was dull yellow at first, but colored up like the pics after about a year.

[Meanmike]

I got an ORA one a while back and it was dull yellow at first, but colored up like the pics after about a year.

Did it have any color on its fins?

[rhdoug]

yes it looked just like the pics

[sponger0]

How long ago did you get them? Im wondering if the adapting to new enviroment has anything to do with it. Like when you see fish in a fish store that arent happy and when you bring them home after a month or two their colors pop out more.

But on a side note, I want a blue assessor but notice in pics they are never the same shade of blue.

[Meanmike]

I got the dull one about a week ago and the pretty none two days ago. I would agree with them getting more color over time but there's absolutely no striping around the fins.

I thought about the blue one as well but decided I wanted brighter colored fish well besides the cardinals

[sponger0]

Well for example.....my royal gramma's mark on the eye wasnt visible in the QT for a month but a few days after being in the DT, it darkened up and is now visible

[Meanmike]

I guess I will have to wait and see.

Thanks