More tank pics, updated
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Hulk last measured in July. Blocky, ha haa
And his mother, also last measured in July. Pip is currently the largest hrp female I have at 4 1/4" here. She rivals the size of three of her sons.
And his mother, also last measured in July. Pip is currently the largest hrp female I have at 4 1/4" here. She rivals the size of three of her sons.
What are you feeding these things? lol. For real…just pellets or?
I think I figured it out…
Those hrps that were “donated” really just became food!
They pretty much eat anything (and it shows) not picky at all. With the big males they all had a growth spurt and ate like crazy...BOOM! Supersize.
Foods are
Aquatic Foods pellets/Hikari pellets and freeze dried blackworms on occasion. (soaked)
Hikari Gold
Blackworm pellets
Gourmet mix pellets with krill, spirulina and shrimp
Worm shaped pellets with same ingredients listed above with color enhancers. (they go nuts over these)
Crushed mealworms
I don't power feed. All the fish get one meal a day, and one skip day. Below are sizes of the main adults. The others are still growing so they're excluded.
JUMBO (Nuchal hump, 3+" tall )"double decker" look
Hulk (6")
Tank (6")
Bubba (6")
Stripey (6") (no hump, thick triangle shape)
JUMBO LONG (Bulky /square elongated, nuchal hump 2 1/2" tall)
Mongo (~6")
Slade (~6")
LARGE (~3" tall)
Bruce (5 1/2")
Scooter (5 1/2")
Dusty (5 3/4")
AVERAGE SIZE (2" tall)
Bumper (4+") ( hump)
Shade (~5") no hump
Mote (4 1/2") no hump
ADULT FEMALES
Pip (4 1/4")
Flash (~4")
Blaze (3 3/4")
Speck (3 3/4")
Bella (3 3/4")
Xena (3 3/4")
STILL GROWING FEMALES
Minka
Reeva
Harlequin
Mica
STILL GROWING MALES
Blackbeard
Brutus
Ace
Neet
Squiggy
Have not measured Lazarus the miracle fish!
Breakdown and current status of the named hrps. Generation in parentheses:
Mongo (G1) pink marble (fry/donated fry)
Slade (G1) pink marble (fry/donated fry)
Pip (G1) striped (fry/donated fry)
(Out of Mongo/Pip)
Hulk (G2) striped
Tank (G2) striped
Bubba (G2) striped
Stripey (G2) striped (donated fry)
Lazarus (G2) striped
Bruce (G2) striped
Scooter (G2) striped
Dusty (G2) striped
Bumper (G2) striped
Shade (G2) striped
Matches (G2) striped
Huey (G2) striped (donated)
Hugo (G2) striped (donated)
Mote (G2) striped
Flash (G2) striped (donated all fry except one see below*)
Blaze (G2) striped (fry/donated fry)
Speck (G2) striped (fry/donated fry)
Bella (G2) striped
Xena (G2) striped (fry/donated fry)
(Out of Mongo's daughter Speck/Slade. These are a split generation outcross since Slade never bred with Pip directly.)
Blackbeard (G2/G3) pink marble
Brutus (G2/G3) pink marble
Ace (G2/G3) pink
Neet (G2/G3) quad pink
Squiggy (G2/G3) pink marble
Arrow (G2/G3) late blooming quad pink
Matches (G2/G3) striped
Dotty (G2/G3) pink (donated/donated fry)
Out of Slade/Speck
Harlequin (G3) quad pink
Mica (G3) quad pink
Out of Mongo/Blaze
Minka (G3) striped (fry all eaten/vanished)
Reeva (G3) striped
Out of Mica/Mello pinks (Mello donated) Mica/Mello both siblings out of Slade/Speck
approx 35 pink fry (G3/G4)
Out of Brutus/Xena
10 fry, pink and striped (G3/G4)
Out of Harlequin/Slade
3 pink fry (G4)
Out of Blackbeard/Xena (G3/G4)
approx 30 pink fry
Out of Flash/Matches striped (siblings)
Renegade Baby* (G3) striped (escaped being caught and donated)
++++++++
Notes
Pip had even more fry with Mongo but about 40 or so were lost in the bucket accident. She also had about 30+ with huge son Stripey, the only jumbo male proven fertile.
All fry out of Mongo and Minka were eaten and/or disappeared. This is the first and only time this has occurred. I suspect Minka was too young to protect and Mongo tried but the larger fries polished them off. I also saw syno Cash in the area where the fry stayed.
Order of Queens:
Pip, the OG ancestral queen in the 225. Daughter Bella challenged but lost.
Speck, the OG Queen of the125.
Blaze succeeded her sister as Queen of the 125.
Xena, Queen of the grow out.
Dotty, OG Queen in Lazarus' tank. Succeeded now by sister Flash.
All of the breeding dominant females have more intense/deeper color and more aggression. Hierarchy is static while the males always jockey for position.
No hierarchy of the huge hrp males in the 225. BP Boss runs that show. Tank especially gets ugly but the parrot just muscles them all around. Brick will lunge at them for exercise.
Minka, Blaze, Xena, and Harlequin are in the all female breeder. Reeva will be joining them before too long.
125 is run by Mongo and Slade but the other males get contentious if they push things too far. Dusty, Scooter and Stripey especially are too territorial to intimidate. If left alone they make no waves. Bubba picks fights at times and squabbles break out. No one gets hurt despite the activity and posturing.
Mongo (G1) pink marble (fry/donated fry)
Slade (G1) pink marble (fry/donated fry)
Pip (G1) striped (fry/donated fry)
(Out of Mongo/Pip)
Hulk (G2) striped
Tank (G2) striped
Bubba (G2) striped
Stripey (G2) striped (donated fry)
Lazarus (G2) striped
Bruce (G2) striped
Scooter (G2) striped
Dusty (G2) striped
Bumper (G2) striped
Shade (G2) striped
Matches (G2) striped
Huey (G2) striped (donated)
Hugo (G2) striped (donated)
Mote (G2) striped
Flash (G2) striped (donated all fry except one see below*)
Blaze (G2) striped (fry/donated fry)
Speck (G2) striped (fry/donated fry)
Bella (G2) striped
Xena (G2) striped (fry/donated fry)
(Out of Mongo's daughter Speck/Slade. These are a split generation outcross since Slade never bred with Pip directly.)
Blackbeard (G2/G3) pink marble
Brutus (G2/G3) pink marble
Ace (G2/G3) pink
Neet (G2/G3) quad pink
Squiggy (G2/G3) pink marble
Arrow (G2/G3) late blooming quad pink
Matches (G2/G3) striped
Dotty (G2/G3) pink (donated/donated fry)
Out of Slade/Speck
Harlequin (G3) quad pink
Mica (G3) quad pink
Out of Mongo/Blaze
Minka (G3) striped (fry all eaten/vanished)
Reeva (G3) striped
Out of Mica/Mello pinks (Mello donated) Mica/Mello both siblings out of Slade/Speck
approx 35 pink fry (G3/G4)
Out of Brutus/Xena
10 fry, pink and striped (G3/G4)
Out of Harlequin/Slade
3 pink fry (G4)
Out of Blackbeard/Xena (G3/G4)
approx 30 pink fry
Out of Flash/Matches striped (siblings)
Renegade Baby* (G3) striped (escaped being caught and donated)
++++++++
Notes
Pip had even more fry with Mongo but about 40 or so were lost in the bucket accident. She also had about 30+ with huge son Stripey, the only jumbo male proven fertile.
All fry out of Mongo and Minka were eaten and/or disappeared. This is the first and only time this has occurred. I suspect Minka was too young to protect and Mongo tried but the larger fries polished them off. I also saw syno Cash in the area where the fry stayed.
Order of Queens:
Pip, the OG ancestral queen in the 225. Daughter Bella challenged but lost.
Speck, the OG Queen of the125.
Blaze succeeded her sister as Queen of the 125.
Xena, Queen of the grow out.
Dotty, OG Queen in Lazarus' tank. Succeeded now by sister Flash.
All of the breeding dominant females have more intense/deeper color and more aggression. Hierarchy is static while the males always jockey for position.
No hierarchy of the huge hrp males in the 225. BP Boss runs that show. Tank especially gets ugly but the parrot just muscles them all around. Brick will lunge at them for exercise.
Minka, Blaze, Xena, and Harlequin are in the all female breeder. Reeva will be joining them before too long.
125 is run by Mongo and Slade but the other males get contentious if they push things too far. Dusty, Scooter and Stripey especially are too territorial to intimidate. If left alone they make no waves. Bubba picks fights at times and squabbles break out. No one gets hurt despite the activity and posturing.
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So I broke out my abacus and did a descendant line count from the "OG triad". Had an amazing discovery. Not only are Mongo and Slade dead even in size/fighting ability, but in number of fry as well...they're brothers after all! Let's just say they're both really fertile. But all roads lead to Pip. Dats a lotta kids!
Mongo
Ancestral King
Total number descendants 333
size: 6"
Fry from Pip, daughters Blaze and Bullet
Purchase: MFK member CBreeze 7/2021
sibling Slade
Mongo
Ancestral King
Total number descendants 333
size: 6"
Fry from Pip, daughters Blaze and Bullet
Purchase: MFK member CBreeze 7/2021
sibling Slade
Slade
Ancestral King
Total number descendants 320
size: 6"
Fry from nieces Speck and Blaze, daughter Harlequin (outcross)
Purchase: MFK member CBreeze 7/2021
sibling Mongo
Ancestral King
Total number descendants 320
size: 6"
Fry from nieces Speck and Blaze, daughter Harlequin (outcross)
Purchase: MFK member CBreeze 7/2021
sibling Mongo
