Little Feeder Surprise

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knifegill

Peacock Bass
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I raised this guy in hard water with salt. He was "just a feeder" from my LFS. I was going to make muppies with him but a molly fry in the project suddenly developed a gonopodium so I scrapped the idea. But he's in my 55g somehow avoiding predation and I thought he deserved a look. Over 100 photos and these two were the only ones that even came out. Guppies do not sit still, and without flash all was a blur. With flash, most shots turned him into a neon rod of blinding light, so these are the lucky ones that came out clear enough to see him. The third one is terrible, but the colors are so true I had to include it for eye candy. I would crop them but the wife is gone and I don't know how to use photoshop very well. :(

And it should be obvious that I don't consider myself a photographer, and I probably wouldn't understand most of the criticism anyway, so please just enjoy these point-and-shoots as they are. I'm far more proud of the guppy than the photos.

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thats just a straight guppy? wow, body almost already looks like a muppy
 
As far as I know, yeah. He came straight out of the LFS feeder stock. I hand-picked him for color and powerfed him, but I think he's just guppy. Who knows where the stock came from. I made several phone calls down the supply chain. I think I made it to Singapore before they shut my investigation down. I was just trying to find out how many generations distant he was from wild-caught stock, but I don't think anyone knows. They told me he came out of a huge pond that gets replenished once in awhile but is pretty self-sustaining.
 
wow he is too pretty too... glad you spared him
 
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