Well I've had these two for three days now, but I've been pondering names for them and have finally decided. So I'm officially introducing them as Dagon (male) and Sphynx (female). Story is this: last month I went out of town and came home with Phoenix and Phantom, a female and male from two different stores. Within two days, Phoenix had driven her intended boyfriend to suicide (jumped from the tank) and that was the end of that. Until three days ago - I had to go back to the same city for a family function, and decided to stop in at the store I purchased Phoenix at to see if they still had one of their males left from the time I purchased her. They had two rd/midas left - a breeding pair, already paired up and successfully mated recently. So, alas, they ended up coming home with me.
I came home from work today and peeked in on them, Dagon was out for a minute or two peering at me (they've mostly been hiding so far), and I noticed how much larger his nuchal hump suddenly was. Well, then about two hours ago I went in the room (their tank is in my bedroom) and realized why - looks like they're christening the new home, or at least getting ready to. They were displaying like crazy for each other and zipping around the tank together, Sphynx's egg tube has dropped a bit as well. So I grabbed the camera...didn't make for the best quality photos, but it shows them off fairly well.
Sphynx
and Dagon
And the happy couple together:
Down in the opening of this "root" seems to be their spot they've decided upon
I came home from work today and peeked in on them, Dagon was out for a minute or two peering at me (they've mostly been hiding so far), and I noticed how much larger his nuchal hump suddenly was. Well, then about two hours ago I went in the room (their tank is in my bedroom) and realized why - looks like they're christening the new home, or at least getting ready to. They were displaying like crazy for each other and zipping around the tank together, Sphynx's egg tube has dropped a bit as well. So I grabbed the camera...didn't make for the best quality photos, but it shows them off fairly well.
Sphynx
and Dagon
And the happy couple together:
Down in the opening of this "root" seems to be their spot they've decided upon
