Some snapshots of my growing Leichardti...

A little bored and decided to gather some snapshots of my lei and how it's grown in the past 3 months. Sorry for the bad phone pixs, but you get the idea - thanks for viewing...

UPS arrived and received on January 14:

Still in bag - let me out...



Acclimated and let loose in his tank at ~3"



~ 5 weeks later:



~ 10 weeks later:



After ~ 3 months since arriving home:

Thanks everyone. As it gets bigger, I like seeing how it's scales reflects the natural light (vs. T5 lights)...these camera phones defintely don't do it justice...

Glad you all can appreciate

@John, it's exciting waiting for the shipment, right, hahaha? Well, I don't know how right I am, but this is what I have/did. My tank is 72"x30"x28", and that's where the Lei has been since day one. It's shared with a only pair of blood red parrots (I've had since around ~2"), one gold nugget and blue phantom pleco both at about ~3.5". This thread is about my Lei, but don't want the mates to feel left out so taking this chance to show them too...LOL

~ 1.5 months back
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~2 months back (no blue phantom)
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Overall, I'd say they get along relatively well. The Lei will chase after the parrots in short spurts ONLY when they get too near his pellet food (I hand feed him live food). He does go down to where they hangout where they the two sometimes try to "nudge" him away, but he usually just ignores them and swims off. I think if you have the option with a smaller tank, it would not hurt to keep him there - especially if he's going to be a little guy and depending on your tank mates. Based on what I had, I just observed closely - I'm more concerned about the mates at this point and not the Lei. HTH.