5 months old synspilum

[lordofthemanor]

Thank you buddha1200. Yes, they're starting to bulk up pretty nice.

 

[lordofthemanor]

Hi guys,

Here's a new set of photos, taken last Sunday.

The syns are now 9 months old.

 

[lordofthemanor]

Hi,

I'm a little bit late this month due to being very busy with work. Anyway, I managed to snap some cool shots today.

They got to 10 months old now, the males are getting pretty bulky and meanwhile there was 2-3 spawning sessions.

Check out the pics below:

The breeding pair:



The breeding female:





The breeding male:





The 2nd male:





The 2nd male with another female:



A group photo:

 

[xraycer]

Man, those colors are crazy!!!

Obviously, these pics weren't taken with a cell phone

 

[lordofthemanor]

@xraycer Thanks!

The pics were taken with my Nikon D90 paired with a macro lens.

 

[lordofthemanor]

11 Months old, getting bigger by the day.

1st male



2nd male



Dominant female

 

[fishguy845]

Awesome pictures, great fish.

 

[lordofthemanor]

Hi guys,

---- 12 Months old ----

Here's the latest set of photos that I took yesterday:

Female no1 - at around 14-15 cm



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Female no2 - at around 16-17 cm



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Female no3 - at around 18-19 cm



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Male no1 - at around 21-22 cm



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Male no2 - at around 23-24 cm



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Group shots




The fish got pretty big and are beginning to get quite territorial, so I'm thinking that I have to sell some of them and keep only 2-3, what do you suggest? Should I keep a pair or maybe 2 males and a female, or just 2 males?

So I guess this is it, the fish are 1 year old now, I promised to post pictures of their growth since January this year, and so I did. I will continue posting pictures but not on a monthly basis.

Cheers!

 

[buddha1200]

Male number 2 is a keeper for sure.
But they are all coming along great.

 

[Rivers2k]

My sinspilium looks like yours in the first pic. I put it in a new thank that has black sand he was in with white sand. All his red changed to dark blue almost instantly. Do you think it will stay this way? It has been about 2 weeks now.

Congrats on yours they are beautiful.