More tank pics, updated

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The OG ancestral queen, Pip. She has 5 generations out of her. I thought she was done growing but she's now 4 1/4". You can see her spangles here. She keeps her breeding dress on most of the time and dominates her huge sons.

 

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Now we get to the beef brothers. Three of Pip and Mongo's monster sons in the 225.:

Here's Bruce. He has beautiful high contrast bars under water. Love his shape. 5 1/2".

 

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Next up, Tank. His base color is white silver under water. 5 3/4".

 

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Hulk clocks in at 6" and is massive end to end. Base color is deep silver.

 

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Cute shot of everyone piled in the bucket.

 

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Overview of tub setup. I've since added a branch arch and 2 battery operated airstones. The curly vine they swim through.

 

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The hrps are settling in nicely. They tuck up under plant cover and dart in between. I leave the shower curtain partly closed.

 

[phreeflow]

Those are massive lol

 

[jjohnwm]

I love the variation from one fish to the next; never actually had HRP myself but they are intriguing.

Your fish seem a bit...er...um..."plump"...

 

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It's just crazy genetic variation. I've never power fed or anything like that. The huge males all were 'normal' the first few months then had a wild burst of growth in a short period. These giants are the outliers but there are about 4 others in the 125 that rival this size. In every generation there's about 3-5% fry that are huge compared to the others and with fair regularity they grow giant sized. So far all the 'giants' are of the 2nd generation. Some of the pink males show promise but have the body type of their fathers Mongo and Slade. Those two resemble thick submarines.

The bulk of the males (G2) were mid sized and donated last year.

There's about 4 fry out of Squiggy and Flash (G4) that are already showing this 'jumbo' trait. This from a batch of 50.