At first, i really thought mine was a red bar instead of blue (he was showing orange/red/yellows early on) but then all of a sudden the blues came in. Mine is about 7 months old (I had to guesstimate his birthday and he is around 7 months next week). Yours is definitely showing much more red than mine had... he is still very cool looking- are you disappointed if he is infact a red bar and not a blue bar? *my avatar pic was taken when he was around 5 and a half months old*