kuba1992

i know these are some type of african cichlid im pretty sure but dont know exactly what can anyone help? heres the link, thanks.

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Shawnie

im making a guess at the blue on the left as a red top hongi and the pinkish/orange one on the right some type of peacock? angela & navyscuba are pro's hopefully they have an opinion...not sure what the darker one in the front on the left is tho

kuba1992

ok thanks. i have two orange ones that a are hjolding little; white eggs in ther moulth. should i move the fish out with the eggs? mor leave them in there untill the babies hatch then catch them?

Shawnie

some do both...do you have another tank ready and big enough? ive read that moving them sometimes is too stressful and they end up spitting early and eating them ..but then ive read others putting them into holding tanks waiting for them to spit then remove mom...im new to africans so im not sure the best method

kuba1992

Ok thanks

deathtroll

the first pic looks like ice blue (metriaclima greshakei) male and female,

kuba1992

thanks, do they have eggs alot?

deathtroll

mine spawn once a month. you should have about 3f to 1m. I got about 30 wigglers now from 1 spawn the male can get really aggressive when a female is ready to spawn.

kuba1992

i have like 4 or 5 orange fish i got them from my uncle he had no clue what they were all he new was that they were africans

deathtroll

the orange ones look like red zebra to me

kuba1992

are they a good type of cichlid? and what about the dark one and blue one?

deathtroll

red zebra can be pretty aggressive and the dark one and blue one if they are the ice blue (greshakei) can be really aggressive especially when spawning it is best to have 1m to 3f to help curb the aggression do you have anything else in the tank with them it also helps to slightly overstock a tank with these fish. my male greshakei is the dominant fish in my tank and has caused some problems anytime the population of the tank gets low when there is enough fish in the tank he is alright

kuba1992

about 5 or 6 of the orange ones. i think 2 blue ones and like 3 dark ones and some babies and a pleco and little raphael cat. i prob have about 17 fish in a 70 gallon. can i add any more? if so how many? thanks

deathtroll

you may be able to add 2 or three more. I try to keep about 15 in my 55

kuba1992

this guy at the petstore i just went to said i can fit a ton more he said he had a 110 gallon tank with over 50 fish

deathtroll

with these fish it is normally recommended to overstock i"m not really sure how many to keep in a 70 gal but would go with what it takes to keep the aggression to a safe level
do you have any plans on what else you may want to add

kuba1992

well i dont think u can add nothing else but just africans right?

deathtroll

thats pretty much it and then only other mbuna types from lake malawi very little else can safely be added I found this out the hard way. you have to be careful what you add even if you add other mbuna species not all will get along

Angela_96

The blue one is a red top zebra (met species) and the orange color one is a met red zebra, most likely female?