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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| what kind?
Anyone know what kind of african cichlid this might be? | 
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| is that blue or whitish grey on his body? | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| It's got a real pretty blue body with black stripes.It's belly is a light blue or maybe white on the bottom.It's hard to get a real good pic because it's only about an inch or so long and fast, lol . | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| maybe a blue acura or zebra? | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| thanks | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| The coloring looks alot like ths Elongated Mbuna. | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Thanks Maddie but i don't think thats it.That one has more stripes on its body and appears to have a longer more slender body charactoristic than mine.I'd say this one is fairly young so it might be hard to say for sure. | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Thats a kenyi fry without a doubt! A pretty little one! I have about 30 just like it right now, and more on the way, my momma has a huge mouthful (on average she spits 25-30 a batch)
Last edited by Angela_96; January 20th, 2009 at 09:33 PM.
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January 20th, 2009
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| Hey thanks alot. i bought two of these and two yellow labs. the labs are a bit bigger and all four are constantly on the go,lol. i plan on a buying a few more before long.how many of each would be ok in a 55 gallon tank?would it be ok to put a blood parrot or two in with these and the yellow labs? | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| another question. how do you tell male from female? | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by steve_58  Hey thanks alot. i bought two of these and two yellow labs. the labs are a bit bigger and all four are constantly on the go,lol. i plan on a buying a few more before long.how many of each would be ok in a 55 gallon tank?would it be ok to put a blood parrot or two in with these and the yellow labs? | Def no on the blood parrot, mixing any cichlid from a different lake is not advised especially with malawi cichilds. You could go up to 15 cichilds in that tank easy, overstocking keeps the territories down, and lowers aggression. I would recomend fish from 3 groups, right now having 1 from the met species (the kenyi), 1 from the lab group already, and then you can choose from other species like cynatilapia afra, psuedo species, tropheops. The afra are really colorful little guys and they are not very aggressive. Keeping to the 1 male to 3 or more females is best, the male can spread his aggression through the females (having more will really help). | |
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January 20th, 2009
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Originally Posted by steve_58 another question. how do you tell male from female? | With the kenyi you cannot tell until they get at least about 2 inch size, the male will transform from the blue color, to an ugly mix of yellow/blue then to bright yellow. The female stays blue.
The labs: the female will have less black on her anal fin, and the black on her dorsal is not as prominent. They can be sexed early on, I have 1 inch fry that I can tell m/f from. | |
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January 20th, 2009
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| Thanks again, gee i hate see either of these lose they're pretty blue ,lol. i looked at some orange colored ones and some yellow ones with black stripes. they were pretty looking too. i want them all,lol. i'm pretty sure my labs are a male and female from what you say. | |
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