What separates a CAO from a Bowser?

Hot Sauce · Oct 20, 2014

Is it just the yellow ring on the disk?

revhtree · Oct 21, 2014

Light intensity!

Hot Sauce · Oct 21, 2014

Someone else mentioned the same thing today revhtree

This is two random examples I've found online,

Bowser,

CAO,

RichieT · Oct 21, 2014

Honestly I would say it has to do with where/who you bought them from. I don't think there are many if any of the original strain from jay painter out there anymore. If there are I don't think they look the same as they originally did which is probably caused by differing conditions of the tank they are in (lighting more than likely).

My two cents . Don't buy a zoa called a bowser, if it looks like CAR, with the hopes that it will color up. Find someone selling a really nice CAO and save yourself some cash.

Better yet. Find a CAR and throw it high in your tank and watch the yellow come out

Aqua fire/medic · Oct 21, 2014

IMO that second pic is not a CAO. But the bowsers look legit. I think this is the reason why I've stayed away from anything other than CAR's

Rob&Gab · Oct 21, 2014

Here you go .

Also has to deal with Leningrad at this point for the true JP bowsers. With no one really has.

Rob&Gab · Oct 21, 2014

You can see a strain of candy apple reds lower left

joshporksandwich · Oct 22, 2014

I've never had CAO to compare but the CAR stay red in my tank I've never been able to make them develop the yellow on the inner ring. Bowsers always stay orange and car that look orange turn red in my tank.

Daniel@R2R · Oct 23, 2014

joshporksandwic said:
I've never had CAO to compare but the CAR stay red in my tank I've never been able to make them develop the yellow on the inner ring. Bowsers always stay orange and car that look orange turn red in my tank.

Good info! This is why we keep you around! 1smile1

joshporksandwich · Oct 23, 2014

mdbannister said:
Good info! This is why we keep you around! 1smile1

I shoulg get the excellence award!

650-IS350 · Oct 23, 2014

My old CARs would have a larger rings of yellow in the disk. I've had different strains as well where the yellow wasn't that pronounced but you can see the yellow ring still. light intensity helps them color up too. Either when I had them under 8 T5s 55watt or LEDs.