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Tanning update for Kalimantan

2 Weeks later the white in the scale is still latching on, even when the bar is showing 100% black color. I guess its good news tat the scale begins to dis-functioned. Hope this round I will be successful to bring out the flowers at the bar section. 1 month result only this much, Kalimantan proves to be much harder to tan compared to sp borneo but it is also possible because the fish is much older now. I'm still exercising PH shock for the fish to fade the color, playing from PH5-7 in order to penetrate the scale. At this stage the flower is most fragile as it is not fully damage, the fish will continue to try fixing it. I repeat again incase some of you did not read my blog posting earlier. Flowers are like dead pixel, it is damage and unable to change its colors anymore.  Chromatophores  in the scales are no longer functioning. What remains is just a white patch and strong melanin. I'm however unsure if truly the  Chromatophores  are damaged or the mechanism guanosine is