LuckyLooock

Hi All,

Please could you all help!!

I have an male convict - he has got an sort of an hump head & the pics on the net shows no convict with humped head. Is this normal?

Tobias

Shawnie

Hi luckylooock ..ive moved your thread out of another members ...that way you can get help with your own con ....can you get a pic for us? what size is the con? males will have a hump the older they get

peacemaker92

Hi LuckyLooock, pictures of your con would really help. So sorry you're con is getting you worried, please update us. Good luck!

LuckyLooock

Hi Shawnie,

Thx.

I have tried to capture the guy on camera, but I am unable to 'PIC' him,

I have bought him from a petstore about three weeks ago, seperated him from his female (they had fry in the same tank), I would classify him as 'TEENAGER' He is about 6cm. Does this help?

Shawnie

usually takes about 100 pics to get one good one LOL
but without one, its hard to tell exactly whats going on...but males do get the hump as they mature...mine are too big to share a pic to compare but keep trying !

LuckyLooock

Here's a pic, definatly not the best one, but can see hump clearly.untitled.JPG

Shawnie

it looks normal from what i can see..heres one with dad (on left) and his son(on right) dads about 7 inches and son is about 2 DSC05296.JPG

LuckyLooock

sweet shawnie,

my worries are GONE with the wind / waterflow

you rock

Shawnie

hes going to be a bull moose for sure with a hump that big at his small size...and your welcome

Slug

A lot of male cichlids will develop this hump. Its called a nuchal hump.

http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=145