Couple updates: red tiger motas and haitiensis

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DarthV

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For those into the big bruisers! The RTMs spawned this week & I'm hoping for some fry!

Proud (and completely psychotic egg guard!) female:

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And her slightly smaller mate:

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And now that the haitiensis at home isn't quite as shy, I can get some shots of him. He's around 8-9". Too bad my best friend borrowed my flash *again*, so this was done at high ISO, hand held, no flash and from 15' away:

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And yeah, I need to do some glass cleaning!
 
Very nice! I especially like the female!
 
Love those RTM's!!
 
The haitiensis is very nice looking.

Does the male motaguensis have a oddly shaped snout? It seems a bit short. I don't think it's just the photo angle.
 
Modest, I think it's more the angle... he was off to the side and I was using my 100mm macro lens up close, so anything that wasn't perpendicular to the glass would get crazy distortion.
 
The female is a little over 5? And the male is about 1/2" smaller. But I usually suck at estimating fish sizes. Only reason I have a good idea on the haitiensis is because I measured the female while in the process of moving her to my aquarium at work and they are pretty close to the same length.
 
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