View Full Version : Having more baby N.Venustus....
Red Devil
03-09-2009, 9:40 PM
Heres three females holding and Daddy very proud... 334757
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334763and a couple of rescued babies that were in the filter.... :D
Good one.
How old and how big are they?
Red Devil
03-09-2009, 9:51 PM
Good one.
How old and how big are they?
thanks ...they are a year old...females are 3.5 inches .. my babies are having babies... with new male...4 inches...
"my babies are having babies"
Calm down grandma...
How old or big did the male show his colours.
Pittbull
03-09-2009, 10:36 PM
sweet
Red Devil
03-10-2009, 7:19 AM
"my babies are having babies"
Calm down grandma...
How old or big did the male show his colours.
the male showed his colors about 3 inches.. it happens slowly across their face first.. easy to see if u take pics... it picks it up even if you don't see it... i had a few males out of about 60 babies.... i am calm now:ROFL:
Red Devil
03-10-2009, 7:20 AM
sweet
thanks:)
"the male showed his colors about 3 inches.. it happens slowly across their face first.."
Thanks for that. At 3 inches I will watch my three with bated breath.
Red Devil
03-10-2009, 7:10 PM
"the male showed his colors about 3 inches.. it happens slowly across their face first.."
Thanks for that. At 3 inches I will watch my three with bated breath.
Also if you see one grow faster then the others it is usually a male... they become dominate asap..lol if they turn out to be all males.. two of them will be in disquise or two will end up fighting and third one will act like it is female so nobody will bother him..
Ullopincrate
03-10-2009, 7:18 PM
Great pics. Beautiful fish.
Red Devil
03-10-2009, 7:21 PM
Great pics. Beautiful fish.
thanks very much..
Pittbull
03-11-2009, 12:39 AM
Yeah i used to keep these guys with my Champsochromis i actually sorta miss them..
Red Devil
03-11-2009, 7:24 AM
Yeah i used to keep these guys with my Champsochromis i actually sorta miss them..
i think they are my favorites.. hardy... and beautiful and can stand their ground against others... and yet do not appear to be mean...and grow big.. :D
greenearthlawns
03-11-2009, 10:17 PM
i think they are my favorites.. hardy... and beautiful and can stand their ground against others... and yet do not appear to be mean...and grow big.. :D
What are you keeping them with? I was thinking of getting some but wasn't sure if they would mix well with the peacocks, haps and mbunas in my tank, but after seeing your pics I might just have to try them out :grinno:
Also wanna get some fronts!!!
Great pics Liz and CONGRATS gramma lol JK :popcorn: can't wait to see the babies~
Red Devil
03-12-2009, 1:08 PM
What are you keeping them with? I was thinking of getting some but wasn't sure if they would mix well with the peacocks, haps and mbunas in my tank, but after seeing your pics I might just have to try them out :grinno:
Also wanna get some fronts!!!
Great pics Liz and CONGRATS gramma lol JK :popcorn: can't wait to see the babies~
the majority of the fish that are with the venustus are ob and regular M. zebras with a few other mbuna thrown in... it might work for you... fronts would be better by themselves.. since i had no luck growing fronts up with all the other africans.. {except electric yellow labs} because the labs are docile like the fronts..now i have added a few africans to my front tank... the reason is they were the ones being bullied in the african tank.... when fronts are older and bigger and there are only a few mbuna etc with them..they don't bother the fronts like they do when the fronts are little.. thanks very much
willtang3000
03-14-2009, 12:19 PM
Congratulations!
Be prepared when they get older, I can only imagine how crazy a tank full of hungry 1" is going to look like LOL.
Red Devil
03-14-2009, 8:46 PM
Congratulations!
Be prepared when they get older, I can only imagine how crazy a tank full of hungry 1" is going to look like LOL.
thanks....i will sell most of them... hate to see them go.. but cannot keep them all.