Oscar, HRP, and Cutteri, OH MY!!

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Pictures of Brutus being vented (and it took about 5 minutes of attempts and lots of stress on his part so i took multiple pics)

bad pic

no flash

Thoughts? I was thinking male but we'll see

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Anyone care to sex "him"?

 

[cavamart]

Try a side view picture in water 20 minutes after a GOOD feeding. See what drops after a gut full of food. Verify how pointed the vent is and which way it curves.

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Well happy birthday to me! At long last... I got what I wanted from the cutteri

I went in to fix my auto water changer after getting back from school today and walk in to find that my wimpy big male cutteri has overnight become sexually mature and is in breeding dress (incredibly colorful). Not only is he in breeding dress, he is pairing off with the big psycho female in the tank, they've chosen the right side of the tank for now and she emerged with her fins tattered today.

VERY excited... Forgive the low quality pics/vid (taken with my iPhone), I don't have a real camera and these little guys don't like the camera. When I put the phone away, they clear everyone out of the right half of the tank and color up with even brighter and more brilliant yellows blues and reds.

Pic of him (doesn't show the red completely)

The little pair

Movie

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Went crazy taking pics of the oscar today, he was posing so I obliged...
Apologies for the glare, he is about 7.5" now

is there food up there?

I see you looking at me

Cool shot from above

And one shot of the HRP who poked his head out while chewing his shrimp pellets

 

[ExoticGREEN]

Red Oscars will be always my favorite

Those cutteri are looking good

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Red Oscars will be always my favorite

Those cutteri are looking good

Thanks! Mine too, if you like the cutteri I have a progression thread for the pair that is starting to develop

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...Rio-Jutiapa-quot-pair-progression-(1-Viewing)

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

So Brutus seems to be growing slightly in size, and greatly in confidence... He seems to be getting bulkier since moving into the 55 with the Oscar (temp for maybe another month), a slight hump, and recently I saw him flaring up at Scarface (oscar), and winning the standoff... Brave!

Here are 2 shots...

 

[Dispatch273]

So Brutus seems to be growing slightly in size, and greatly in confidence... He seems to be getting bulkier since moving into the 55 with the Oscar (temp for maybe another month), a slight hump, and recently I saw him flaring up at Scarface (oscar), and winning the standoff... Brave!

Here are 2 shots...

He is looking great! I love all the pictures, please post more!!! Oh and I usually don't like oscars, but yours is very nice

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

He is looking great! I love all the pictures, please post more!!! Oh and I usually don't like oscars, but yours is very nice

Thank you! I will try to post more sometime this week/weekend, school just started so it's been hectic with the new APPR system in NY. Haven't been home while the tank lights are on for a few days.

I'll do my best, thank you for the compliments, much appreciated.