4 Holding Mothers = Hybride? eek?
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Seneca,
The first set of images, I couldn't make out much, but in your second set, from what I see on the Labidochromis Caeruleus, they don't appear to be out of the norm. I've seen a few wild caught Lab. Car.'s and many of them sport quite a few black bars on the body, and as I understand it, this is not anything unusual, so I do hope that relieves some stress on worries of hybrids from that point of view.
I was trying to get an idea of just what all is in the tank, but seems you have quite a few species in there. I'd say it's safe to assume that you do have both adult male and female Lab. Car.'s and I'd feel that they spawned together. Your Metriclimea Estherea are pretty aggressive, but you look like you have that under control. I'm not a fan of that species personally, but looks like you have it working out just fine, and your OB peacock you have looks wonderful.
You might find that OB Peacock could very well cross with those OB Zebra's you have should they turn out female. Not trying to add more to any confusion you may have at this point, but on seeing your Metriclimea Lombardoi (Kenyi) I just want to mention that I've got a group of these myself, 2 males and 3 females. One female looks very similar to your last pic you posted, in that she's not really so much blue as looking like a half morphed male. I asked around about this only to find out, many times, females when holding or in breeding mode, will sport a male look to themselves, so don't be discouraged by this. I have only 1 of the 3 females that shows the deep blue look to her. I just wanted to impart, this isn't something I'd stress about.
I have a colony of Flavus going and my females are breeding back with their father, but the females I do have, if I hadn't had them vented, I'd have mistook them for males as they have a high amount of barring on them and display yellow quite often which isn't something you see usually in a female, females stay more plain and almost purplish looking. I have no choice at the moment but to breed them back with their father and I have a feeling the offspring I'm going to get are going to heighten in yellow as they age due to the look of their dad plus their mom. Dad was sold to me as part of a group of F1's. The main point is just that females, while dimorphic can often take on a male look when stressed or protecting a brood. Out of the seven Flavus females I have breeding, about 3 of them have had broods in their mouth and got into fights with other fish in the tank.
The first set of images, I couldn't make out much, but in your second set, from what I see on the Labidochromis Caeruleus, they don't appear to be out of the norm. I've seen a few wild caught Lab. Car.'s and many of them sport quite a few black bars on the body, and as I understand it, this is not anything unusual, so I do hope that relieves some stress on worries of hybrids from that point of view.
I was trying to get an idea of just what all is in the tank, but seems you have quite a few species in there. I'd say it's safe to assume that you do have both adult male and female Lab. Car.'s and I'd feel that they spawned together. Your Metriclimea Estherea are pretty aggressive, but you look like you have that under control. I'm not a fan of that species personally, but looks like you have it working out just fine, and your OB peacock you have looks wonderful.
You might find that OB Peacock could very well cross with those OB Zebra's you have should they turn out female. Not trying to add more to any confusion you may have at this point, but on seeing your Metriclimea Lombardoi (Kenyi) I just want to mention that I've got a group of these myself, 2 males and 3 females. One female looks very similar to your last pic you posted, in that she's not really so much blue as looking like a half morphed male. I asked around about this only to find out, many times, females when holding or in breeding mode, will sport a male look to themselves, so don't be discouraged by this. I have only 1 of the 3 females that shows the deep blue look to her. I just wanted to impart, this isn't something I'd stress about.
I have a colony of Flavus going and my females are breeding back with their father, but the females I do have, if I hadn't had them vented, I'd have mistook them for males as they have a high amount of barring on them and display yellow quite often which isn't something you see usually in a female, females stay more plain and almost purplish looking. I have no choice at the moment but to breed them back with their father and I have a feeling the offspring I'm going to get are going to heighten in yellow as they age due to the look of their dad plus their mom. Dad was sold to me as part of a group of F1's. The main point is just that females, while dimorphic can often take on a male look when stressed or protecting a brood. Out of the seven Flavus females I have breeding, about 3 of them have had broods in their mouth and got into fights with other fish in the tank.
Thanks for the info Jon! here are some more vids. The middle section after the fancy's are the Cichlid tank, and the fry are a little better than the first vids and pics I posted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprkxH11SaE
Again Thanks for the info, that really helps a lot, and no not at all confusing. Please tell me all information that you have regarding these Cichlids, as I care for them (and have inherited them) and wasnt there when they were purchased and have had difficulty going by eye to identify their species. So thanks a million
This info rocks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprkxH11SaE
Again Thanks for the info, that really helps a lot, and no not at all confusing. Please tell me all information that you have regarding these Cichlids, as I care for them (and have inherited them) and wasnt there when they were purchased and have had difficulty going by eye to identify their species. So thanks a million
This info rocks!
Beautiful aquariam set up... and very nice collection of africans.. looks great..seneca888;3004244; said:
yes ... MFK has some fine people.... and the more you log on the more good ones you will run into... some are just outstanding...seneca888;3014077; said:
