I wanted to share some pictures of how some of my royals have changed over time.
For the time being I'll start with just one as I dont have access to most atm, I will continue the thread when I can.
For starters, my favourite L27. I call him Wilmslow since thats where I got him from (Wilmslow pet and aquatics). He has changed the most and has had very distinct periods of being absolutely gorgeous and then not so much. I attribute these periods too when the new stripes are emerging and he hasnt yet grown to accommodate them. After 'stagnating' for a while he has now started to grow albeit the panaque way (ie, slow). I was surprised at how much he has changed.
This is when I very first brought him home. He was accidentally picked out of a tank full of xingus (those were the days when you could find L27). Lots of fine stripes and 50% transparent caudal.
This was during a tank reshuffle and was fairly large time gap (1 year?) between this one and the previous. The lines has changed dramatically and (to me) the body has become deeper).
Time gap here was shorter (4-6 months?). New lines are beginning to emerge and the transparent caudal window is reduced. To me, here he looks a bit wrong.
Short time period (2 months?). The previously emerged lines are now formed(ish) and a couple of new ones (mid dorsal, end of ventral).
And this is the most recent. Lines continuing and the head lump has started to show and he has a much bulkier appearance now, caudal window almost gone. Overall the change has been quite dramatic so far.
I do have more and will try to find dates.
For the time being I'll start with just one as I dont have access to most atm, I will continue the thread when I can.
For starters, my favourite L27. I call him Wilmslow since thats where I got him from (Wilmslow pet and aquatics). He has changed the most and has had very distinct periods of being absolutely gorgeous and then not so much. I attribute these periods too when the new stripes are emerging and he hasnt yet grown to accommodate them. After 'stagnating' for a while he has now started to grow albeit the panaque way (ie, slow). I was surprised at how much he has changed.
This is when I very first brought him home. He was accidentally picked out of a tank full of xingus (those were the days when you could find L27). Lots of fine stripes and 50% transparent caudal.
This was during a tank reshuffle and was fairly large time gap (1 year?) between this one and the previous. The lines has changed dramatically and (to me) the body has become deeper).
Time gap here was shorter (4-6 months?). New lines are beginning to emerge and the transparent caudal window is reduced. To me, here he looks a bit wrong.
Short time period (2 months?). The previously emerged lines are now formed(ish) and a couple of new ones (mid dorsal, end of ventral).
And this is the most recent. Lines continuing and the head lump has started to show and he has a much bulkier appearance now, caudal window almost gone. Overall the change has been quite dramatic so far.
I do have more and will try to find dates.
