Reply To: Color Variations
I did consider that the color differences might be due to the conditions of the tank, the food, spawning color and such.
And yet, I still hope that the differences may be genetic. After all, even organisms living in relatively small areas can possess different characteristics.
(And there are always freaks of nature 
)
Mine were really quite pale when I first got them, and they were hiding and stuff. But now they go around like they own the place (which they do), and have brightened, yet are still a pale gold ( and with of course, those gorgeous gold spots)
Anyway, I guess time will tell.