13cm peacock bass develops big red hump and starts displaying lol????

[oden666]

this small p-bass 13cm started dancing around a few days ago,getting brighter and coloured and showing the rest who's boss, he's developed a hump today and is showing keen pairing and spawning behaviour with a little blackend dorsal fin and all lol,I know they take around 2 years to mature and spawn,the last pairs i had took alot longer to get that stronger gold colouring and the males didnt start developing their humps(some red) untill they were a foot long, the pics dont show the red in the bump, but it is red

,....anyone else seen a juvie mono do this? its a first for me

 

[JML1997]

Nice Cichla!

 

[gangster]

That guy is awesome! Looks like a full grown adult...but tiny. Very nice..thats a first for me.

 

[oden666]

cheers,...i got them a month ago, apparently theres 3 different bloodlines in the group, its just the 6 of them in a 8x2x2.5 in my livingroom

 

[wishbone]

What a dominance transformation..