Angela_96

I was going on what my kenyi fry look like. my afra fry are more pale until thjey get 2 inch size. the kenyi are just as bright as their mother when first born.

Lucy

I don't know hon, what breeder box? How about a

bolivianbaby

You're good

mercurybebe

I just had to say that whatever they are, that is one cute fry! I have 3 older fry swimming around the 55g and it is SO tempting to catch them and put them in the fry tank with the other little babies. But my partner keeps saying...they've survived this long, blah blah blah....

It is so hard to leave them in that big tank of predators!

mare2009

awesome looking baby Too me, it looks like an electric blue and thats what I call ALL the blue cichlids lol But, hes adorable!!

Shawnie

ty for the nice comments everyone!!!!!!!!


soooooooooo if indeed its a kenyi, moms are blue and dads are yellow am I correct? am I also to assume that the blue could change to yellow as they grow or are the blue babies all fems? africans are crazyyyyyyy to identify and im sticking to that hahahah

Angela_96

Yea they are crazy to identify. Most malawi fry are born just like their mother, then at about 2 inch size if male will morph colors. The kenyi actually will have an "ugly" teenage period where they are blue-green-yellow.

Shawnie

so am i close to assume this first pic is my male?
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and the top blue fish in this pic is my female ?
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and how many do they usually spawn and mouthbrood? ive only found 3 babies and going to assume others are either hiding, or been a meal

aquarist48

Shawnie, what type of fish is the orange one in the bottom picture in post # 38? Beautiful!
Thanks,
Ken

Shawnie

its a peacock and definitely different for sure

DSC04169.JPG a better pics for ya ken

navyscuba

Cool I seen this fish before can't remember what type of peacock I think I saw it on aquabid.

Angela_96

Its a strawberry peacock.
There are a few other names for it: sunshine peacock, etc.

I had one and they are beautiful.
Its a line bred color that started in germany.

navyscuba

That's the name. They are super colorful.

bolivianbaby

If you all keep showing me pictures of all these pretty fish, I'm going to need a smiley that looks like the "see-no-evil" monkeys you find in the stores

MissMTS

Shawnie, you are up to your ears in babies right now girlfriend! Congrats on the baby kenyi I used to find little babies in my African tank all the time, but I was never able to get them out because of all the rocks. I'm glad to hear that yours seem to be doing well in there with the big guys!