I believe those are laps but I'm not good with lowerjaw species
Poly stocking advice needed
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They are Laps..........Like the one in my avatar pic only more dull based on the light colored substrate in your tank.
Shame your missing out. I keep lower and upper jaw species and I find the lower jaws so much more interesting and awesome. The senegal's are fascinating to watch when they are swimming around or mating but I prefer to watch my big monsters growing, getting around and just hanging out. To be fair though I would love a Delhezi but so rare here in Australia.....Upper jaws seem to be harder to get here other than ornates and sens.
Ive had an active del that mellowed out as it aged. Same with a sen. Wasnt nearly as active as it was when it was younger. Im not saying this is the rule tho just my experience. I also had a del that wasnt active at all.
+1 id rather have beastly looking endli/congicus/lap that isnt active over an active uj all day long. Plus i dont think many people who are active now have kept both uj/Lj looks like most of the active members are keeping uj's and just dont know 1st hand experience on lj's
One of my congicus at 17ish inches is probably the most active poly ive ever kept. Sp.tinkisso at 18 inches was just as active as any del or sen that ive had.
I agree in that if I had the space I'd go LJ with some other fish in the column for the activity part. They are just so impressive and prehistoric looking. I'd pick and choose, though, and probably have a smaller number than others do here so I could do more species in the rest of the tank.
But I get others wanting a tank full of UJs, too.... they're fun. My Del was gorgeous (because I thought she looked more towards the LJ spectrum being WC) but she wasn't that active. She would go through spurts of swimming but mostly would sit around except at feeding time. My Polli especially but also the Teug moved a lot. The Sen did too when I had it. And the ropes.
But I get others wanting a tank full of UJs, too.... they're fun. My Del was gorgeous (because I thought she looked more towards the LJ spectrum being WC) but she wasn't that active. She would go through spurts of swimming but mostly would sit around except at feeding time. My Polli especially but also the Teug moved a lot. The Sen did too when I had it. And the ropes.
Oh i agree and im not bashing uj's they are great too. Just seems like for most of us that migrate from uj to lj theres usually no turning back. Also i feel like if someone is researching fish and get the poly bug activity level alone is probably not the best characteristic to determine if the species is right for them.
