Thanks for linking that Sarah. Sounds a little bit speculative. Have to say though, it's proving difficult to make sense of extreme size differences otherwise!
@ delyall, if I can get them to spawn!!! Been conditioning over a week now and Goliath has not built a nest! He never has, in his old tank either. I was thinking they may be difficult, Goliath is a wimpy fish lol (oh but i secretly love wimpy males in general ehehe ) he flares at a mirror for a few secs then hides However it was looking hopeful, they initially appeared to respond well to each other and Goliath immediately began blowing bubbles at first glance at Nariyani. Alas, he blew a few that one time and that was it! What to do??
Sunnylass I'm glad you enjoyed the pics I have a few more now
Four weeks old.
Red has begun appearing on caudal and anal of larger fry. They also have ventrals
You can see some white on the anal, also on the pectorals of some. It looks more 'ruffly'/'combed' than my camera will capture so i guess its the cambodian coming through?
Two medium sized fry snacking on a shower of BBS. And yes, that is a chase coming on! They're doing the slow approach then charge thing with rapidly increasing zest! Sometimes, if well matched they look like they both charge, bang heads, then calmly swim off in opposite directions. Its quite funny! lol
This is Tiny, the smallest fry (I think! thought there was one runt but there may be 3!)
My so far best attempt to capture Tiny and one of the biggest fry side by side They were pretty close to each other so not a bad shot for a reasonable idea of size difference