Hi all,
A few weeks ago, I posted a "What's in the Box?" thread. This is the growout thread for the same trio of kelberi that I picked up from Mark at Discus Origins. These are the first wild-caught peacock bass I have had the pleasure to grow out, and I can already see some pretty big differences in behavior.
The biggest difference is that the WC kelberi HATE being photographed, even without flash.
"NO thank you, madam!"
Once they start getting used to me and the camera, I'll be able to take pictures of them without showing so much stress colors. Here's two of them together. The lighter colored one on top giving me the stinkeye is a female, and the smaller one in darker colors is a male.
I vented these two the three (the last one was the first into to the tank, and I didn't think to vent it before putting it into the tank). Female up top in the pic below, male at bottom, unsexed in the middle.
They are all currently eating whitebait, and the large unsexed one is eating Massivore. The male is chewing, but still spitting it out. Gotta work on that female some more. The best pic of the trio I have unfortunately also has an ugly background, with female on top again, unsexed fish off to the left, and male at the bottom. Sorry about the streaks!
Stay posted, and one day you'll see pics of them where they don't mind the camera too much.
A few weeks ago, I posted a "What's in the Box?" thread. This is the growout thread for the same trio of kelberi that I picked up from Mark at Discus Origins. These are the first wild-caught peacock bass I have had the pleasure to grow out, and I can already see some pretty big differences in behavior.
The biggest difference is that the WC kelberi HATE being photographed, even without flash.
"NO thank you, madam!"
Once they start getting used to me and the camera, I'll be able to take pictures of them without showing so much stress colors. Here's two of them together. The lighter colored one on top giving me the stinkeye is a female, and the smaller one in darker colors is a male.
I vented these two the three (the last one was the first into to the tank, and I didn't think to vent it before putting it into the tank). Female up top in the pic below, male at bottom, unsexed in the middle.
They are all currently eating whitebait, and the large unsexed one is eating Massivore. The male is chewing, but still spitting it out. Gotta work on that female some more. The best pic of the trio I have unfortunately also has an ugly background, with female on top again, unsexed fish off to the left, and male at the bottom. Sorry about the streaks!
Stay posted, and one day you'll see pics of them where they don't mind the camera too much.
