#macropodus

[floraisonaquariophile]

7.10

Taille des plantes, déplacement des racines plus en avant et des plus longues plantes au dernier plan.

[aquatictimes]

Moved the three Macropodus boys out today. More plants arriving tomorrow for better surface cover. Think they’ll be much happier outside!

[floraisonaquariophile]

Shit he's growing well.

Can i say he's a sub-adult now ? Emotional affect.

[aquatictimes]

Fishy babs meeting their plastic counterparts. There was much confusion.

[aquatictimes]

More news (and dodgy photos)!

My M. ocellatus were originally sold to me as 2 males and a single female. Turns out, that they’re actually 2 females and a single male (or, at least, that’s how it looks)!

When they first arrived, the (actual) male was considerably smaller and paler than the supposed males, so...seemed a safe assumption that the genders were accurate. This didn’t change ‘till about 2 months ago, when the ‘female’ suddenly started developing long/brightly-coloured finnage...hm.

I decided that, maybe, this was a particularly bright female (given that this little’n was still half the size of the others), but then a couple of people rightly pointed out his body shape, colouring, and fin-length...and I’ve been having to reconsider everybody’s genders. 

SO thank you to those who pointed my mistake out - if you hadn’t, I’d still be misrepresenting my babs!

[tienparadisefish]

Dưỡng ngư dưỡng nhân tâm, tâm ngư hoạ nhân tâm.

[cyprinella]

Macropodus Spechti by Schlegler Via Flickr: Macropodus "erythropterus", Rotrückenmakropode

[floraisonaquariophile]

10 month, female macropodus opercularis.