Fluorescent?

[Kaminoke]

I know that fluorescent is just a selectively bred amel. That's about all I know about them. I have a few amel babies from one clutch... three to be exact. Two of them look like just your normal amels, perhaps with a little extra white bordering. But this one has colors that literally jump out and scream at you. She looks like a neon sign. I don't have a fancy camera, but I played with the settings for a long while and took a ton of photos. This is the one that I think best captures what she looks like in person.

So... would you consider her a fluorescent amel, or just a really bright amel? I've seen a few pictures of fluorescents but most don't give me a great idea of what to look for. What do you think?

Edit:
More accurate photo taken outside in overcast sunlight:

 

[loyalsissaly84]

I know that fluorescent is just a selectively bred amel. That's about all I know about them. I have a few amel babies from one clutch... three to be exact. Two of them look like just your normal amels, perhaps with a little extra white bordering. But this one has colors that literally jump out and scream at you. She looks like a neon sign. I don't have a fancy camera, but I played with the settings for a long while and took a ton of photos. This is the one that I think best captures what she looks like in person.

So... would you consider her a fluorescent amel, or just a really bright amel? I've seen a few pictures of fluorescents but most don't give me a great idea of what to look for. What do you think?

this site is alot of help, take a look, http://iansvivarium.com/morphguide/fluorescent/

 

[Arpolis]

I have an Amel that is a bit older than yours but looked exactly like that as a baby. Here she is now.

I dont know if you can call her a Florescent but our amels sure are beautiful.

 

[Kaminoke]

this site is alot of help, take a look, http://iansvivarium.com/morphguide/fluorescent/

Ah yes, I have been there before. That hatchling picture looks a lot like mine, with perhaps slightly darker red saddles depending on the lighting. Also on Wikipedia: "Fluorescent orange (selectively bred amelanistic) develop white borders around bright red saddle marks as adults on an orange background." She fits that description I think, though it's pretty vague.

I dont know if you can call her a Florescent but our amels sure are beautiful.

Yes, they are! Thanks!

Are there any fluorescent owners/breeders here willing to take a gander? All input is appreciated. I'm really just curious more than anything - I have no plans to breed her parents together again, or her for that matter.

 

[covato78]

well she is very pretty whatever she is ! whats her name?

 

[Kaminoke]

well she is very pretty whatever she is ! whats her name?

Thanks. Her name is Taberu.

 

[StrangeCargo]

Fluorescents are a line bred super bright/neon orange colored amels started by Rich Z (Serpenco) many years ago. Usually the term Fluorescent is designated for animals out of that particular SERPENCO bloodline.

Your bright amel should grow into a real screamer- it was animals like that which were line bred- each generation selecting & holding back the brightest of the bright.

Congrats on a screamer amel- she'd be a great foundation for your own bloodline of neon orange colored amels!

Hope that helps.
Graham

 

[StrangeCargo]

BTW- here's a pair of 2009 Fluorescents that I purchased directly from Rich Z at Daytona this year. I sold them a few months back to Zorro (John) here on the forums and regret it-lol- they tend to get brighter and brighter with each shed as their color developes...

I have an adult female SERPENCO Fluorescent and an unrelated neon colored male that I'm planning on breeding to create my own line of uber bright orange amels.

again- hope this helps...

 

[Kaminoke]

Awesome, thanks for the info! She was a bright hatchling but looked like a normal amel, but she is getting brighter with every shed. It's like someone colored her with a highlighter. Her mother is an amel of unknown history, and her father is a normal het amel from a local wildcaught crossed with an amel. So who knows what is in there. Maybe I will use her in some breeding experiments someday, though I hadn't planned on it.

 

[Kaminoke]

I just snapped a few quick photos of her. It's very cool outside, and she just ate last night, so I couldn't keep her out there. It's overcast outside, so no direct sunlight. These pictures are I think as close to real color as possible. As you can see her orange isn't quite as dramatic in the cloudy light outside. But still.

I snapped some photos of her mom too for good measure. She's never struck me as anything other than a regular amel, though beautiful nonetheless.

...and Ginger, her mother:

....and yes, my house is Oscar-the-Grouch green.

 

[loyalsissaly84]

wow they are amazing. I'm just leaning about corns and I have two amels, but no way are they that bright, now this is starting to get confuing???? lol! Alot to learn.But wow so stunning.

 

[ceduke]

Your amel is quite a looker!!

 

[Lynnea]

Here are my two fluorescents from Rich, also picked up at Daytona last year. Yours is a beauty!

 

[Kaminoke]

I think on mine her saddles are more neon orange than the bright red associated with Serpenco fluorescents. She still looks like she's painted with highlighter ink nonetheless.

Thanks for all of the pictures and input!