Channa Marulioides var. kalimantan May update

Its been more than a month the fish was kept at ph4. The color had turned dark and I was experimenting if the band would altered hoping to get a broader band. The answer is I'm not really sure, seem a little broad to me.

The fish is high;y stressed when kept in PH4, nervous, inactive and lost of appetite, completely the opposite as compared to Malaysian Marulioides. When switched back to PH6 the fish feeds aggressively, the colors are vibrant, the eyes turning vampire red and swims around boldly.

In truth I was trying to find out if sp borneo are changed this way. Meaning same fish is possible to grow up to be Kalimantan maru under certain conditions and Red Borneo in another set of conditions.

2 reasons why I think so,
No.1 Earl Pigar gave me this idea when we were discussing about turkana PBB.
No.2 I've observed the regular red maru are caught along side Kalimantan maru.

The fish when it was in the blackout PH4 seem to show a red hue.

I've also added Kelakai leaves for the red pigment enhancement.

I've did water change 2 days ago and brought the PH back to 6. The fish is back to his yellow color and I've lost quite a lot of the flowers from this experiment, a heavy price to pay.

When flaring it shows orange color in PH4

When flaring at PH6 the fish is yellow color.

The result after exposed to more than a month in PH4, Is the band wider?

I'm at a cross road if I should continue with this experiment but stand to lose a bunch of flowers.

Lost a lot of flowers in the process, will need a lot of TLC

Lighting: Shanda T5 21W white light

TDS: below 110

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