Please post 'before' and 'after' progression pics of your EBJD's growth

[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

2 of my 1.5" juvies from when I first got them.

Here is the lone survivor almost 3 years later

When he died last month he measured 7" on the dot. Truely an amazing fish.

 

[Cohazard]

Thanks guys for posting your progression pics of your EBJD's.

ElectricBlueSeanBurch, do you know which of the two juvies survived? Any more pics of them as juvies, especially profile shots?

I like your fish a lot and I am looking for a fish like that. I'm trying to figure out if there are any markers at juvenile size that signify that the EBJD will grow out with that shape.

 

[Bully Fish]

My favorite blue.
Here at about an inch and a half if I remember right.

 

[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

This is the only other pic I have of them as juvies. Sorry for the poor quality. I'm not sure which one is the one that survived, as they were pretty much identical at this size.

 

[Mr.Blue Jack]

This is my only EBJD right now, went through about 5 of them before I found a survivor, he is about 3.5in right now, the lighter ones were him when i got him, the three darker ones are him a few months later

 

[123456]

Great thread idea!

I have 8 Juvies and 3 five to 6 inchers.

I can get some pics... no progression pics yet though.

Really like the EBJDs with more black on them. All of mine don't have much black on them.

 

[Szar]

a few

 

[123456]

Love the darker pigments on the adults.

 

[Cohazard]

Thanks again for helping out with the thread guys, these are all great examples.

@ Bully Fish, do you have an updated shot of your EBJD? Or any more shots of it as a juvie? It's hard to see the head shape against a black background, and with this thread I am trying to see how various juvies will grow-out.

@ Szar, beautiful fish! I love the curved fins. I notice you comm them since they were young, did the one with curved fins get it's fins nipped whenit was small? I can't tell if the fin shape in the juvie pics is due to a healed damage or if it is genetic.

Either way, it comes out stunning, but my guess is that it is healed damage which causes the curved fin as an adult, which could help others pick out a juvenile with that trait if that's what they are looking for.


That's the goal here is to see great examples of the look of adult EBJD's, and see if we can find a correlation between subtle differences in appearance of juveniles to help others pick out the juvies that will grow-out with the 'look' of EBJD they like.