I've got my third polypterus today...

[Loubard]

Very nice fish you got! Now all you have to do is grow them out.

 

[XRAYZ]

agreed first pic is a cute little delhezi and last pics are ornate.

your avatar gives me the willies

 

[pytonson]

Thank you so much, guys.
I'm not sorry for the ornate but they sold it as a delhezi. I had a 10 inch ornate for 15 years ago that died when I moved. It hodini it self out of big moving bucket with a lid, so learn from that. They are strong. I will try to take better pics soon and go back to store and check the other one and se what it is, ornate or delhezi.

 

[industrialsquad]

yup the first 1 is a delhez. may i know how big is your tank and what are other tank mates?

 

[pytonson]

Delhezi

Ornate (stop headbanging)

And the shy senegal

I got them in a 280 liters = 74 gallons together with one small asistrus spp. One unknown, one eye, american catfish, 4 inch and some guppies.

The american catfish

The synodontis on the early pic, has been executed.

 

[messiner]

I gotta agree the first one looks like a patternless delhezi, a clearer pic would help. delhezis don't go through a pattern change, their pattern remains generally constant throughout their life.

The second one is definitely an ornate.

sorry, guess i read wrong then

 

[Kenta]

Hey man, no problem, we're all here to learn. You may have mixed it up with senegals, when young they have horisontal lines running across their bodies which eventually fade as they age.