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Color shift

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Hey everyone,

My Biak GTP is just beginning to get a few green scales speckled here and there. I am wondering if the color shift will become more evident with each shed, or if it will happen fairly quickly regardless of the shed?

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to turn completely green it normally takes almost 2 years, the green scales grow by shed...
 
The green does not come into corelation with the shed cycle. The ontogenic color shift is totally independant. Biaks can take 6 months up to 4 years to complete the change, and often it's not a really noticable thing until it's already green. lol. Most biaks do not begin to change until around 1 year of age. It's one of the fun things about owning chondros. Let the addiction begin.

Brandon Osborne
 
Ive heard a lot lately, or atleast read a lot concerning the ontogenic color changing. I never knew before that it wasnt with sheds, just whatever cycle their genetics decided to give them.
 
It's one of the great things about owning chondros. I've had them complete the change in as quick at 4 days, and my biak, which is 4.5 years old, is still changing ever so slowly. After raising up some 30+ chondros into color change, it never gets old.......especially the red babies.

Brandon Osborne
 
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