update on giant
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Cogs. Really nice Micro. I wish I had the room for one, Loads of character I bet. I would really like to know the size of this guy as I am also looking into the differences between Micropeltes and Diplogramma. My Diplo 'Dippy' had full adult colouration at 7"+ so I suspect Diplogramma to be a smaller species probably maxing about 20"-24"
Yes as colin has already said as juveniles they are very simaler. As they develope Diplogramma have a simaler colouration but with spots on there upper profile. Also they appear to have a more pointed head.
Weylin;2584072; said:
Yes as colin has already said as juveniles they are very simaler. As they develope Diplogramma have a simaler colouration but with spots on there upper profile. Also they appear to have a more pointed head.
Weylin;2585067; said:
cant remember off top of head , ill have a look back through the posts and find out and get back to you
cheers col
tropheus;2593481; said:
ok it was not 18" it was stated that it was 16"+ , it was calcs micro in the pics it does indeed look like a big guy but it is far less advanced into adulthood than cogs whos is 12-13" the picture below shows that the horizontal stripes are still intact and have not yet started to seperate , there is also still a hint of juvie colouration in the tail. to be fair to calc he was going to try and measure it as it was an estamate only.
calc's picture from other thread for comparison
no not really - they need to be around 18month old before they become sexually mature , at that age they should of taken on full adult colouration a long time ago
cheers col
cheers col
tropheus;2596455; said:
cool...what is the smallest enclosure needed for them to successfully breed..?
i would suggest a minimum of a 8' x 4' x 4' but bigger would be far better . for them to breed they still need the tank to be set up like you would for smaller snakeheads , with floating cover and hiding places ect
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