Vieja synspilum/melanura

[jeaninel]

Is that one of yours in your profile pic? How big are yours?

Yeah that was the first one I had. He got to about 13"-14".

 

[Niki_up]

Yeah that was the first one I had. He got to about 13"-14".

Very nice, how old at 13-14 inches? Do you still have him?

 

[Niki_up]

Update, fry are doing well. I swear I can see growth already haha

I like to take guess at the sexes from really young ages. So my guess left to right is male, female, female (basing my guesses off head profiles)

 

[jeaninel]

Very nice, how old at 13-14 inches? Do you still have him?

No I don't have him anymore. I think he was about 4 years old.

 

[jeaninel]

Found a pic of him when I first got him in 2010. I think he passed in 2015? So he was about 5.

 

[jeaninel]

Update, fry are doing well. I swear I can see growth already haha

I like to take guess at the sexes from really young ages. So my guess left to right is male, female, female (basing my guesses off head profiles)

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Yeah I think I would guess the same. The first one has that steep profile.

 

[Niki_up]

gah just as i bring the wee little ones home my jd and larger sysns look like they want to do the humpty dance (that reference may have just aged me haha)

maybe the little ones got their hormones raging haha

note*not the best quality pics but I’m positive my larger syns is a male (even thought he has yellow eyes) and is trying to show off for my female jd.

 

[Niki_up]

No changes, just an update pic

they look a little bigger

 

[Niki_up]

One of my juvies has been attacked or bumped into something causing damage to its forehead. Crappy pics below, glass is dirty and water change day is tomorrow.

 

[Wharf]

I usually use some stress guard during injuries, I usually am also impeccable with wc too. Are they skittish? Might of rammed into rock or wood in panic or fish-to-fish aggression m/f etc. I would at least do wc's 2x as often.