anyone with copadichromis trewavasae likomo experience?

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Aside from my 90 gallon mostly male peacock/hap show tank, i recently set up a few 35 gallon breeders.
Right now I got a good collection of aulonocara sp. lwanda "red tops", aulonocara jacobfreibergi undu reef "lemon jakes", and recently acquired 7 juvenile copadichromis trewavasae likomo's.
The likomo's are currently in a 10G being quarantined. I have a spare 75 gallon that I'm considering setting up, but I would like to mix either of the two above species together. Would they be more compatible with the lwandas or the lemon jakes?
I believe that the likomo's are more easily stressed and should probably be housed in a species tank by themselves. Kind of running out of tank space though.
I just put in an order for 10 aulonocara kandeense "blue orchid peacock" as well. So I have to get another setup going.

Also, off topic, but does anyone have any experience with aulonocara sp. Mazinzi Reef? They are apparently a newly imported species into Canada and I managed to get my hands on a couple males that are showing some colour already. They have a yellow collar and large egg spots on anal fin. I can't even find any pictures online...
 
So then you say you want to breed... then you have to keep all those species separate, else you will have hybridization.

But well I have noticed that my t. likoma are much slower in coloring up. But he (well I have gone through 3...) holds his own very well, keeps his fins he just hasn't fully color up even though he is over 4 inches now.

As for Mazinzi Reef I don't even know the location... It almost sounds like a bi-color... Though the large eggs spots are added.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=652
 
isn't it true that if the species are different enough, there won't be any interest in the other species?

I guess the safest way is to go with a species tank.
 
Eh... not really with malawi. In other words all peacocks will breed with each other. They will also breed with a lot of mbuna (hence how we got ob's) and they will also breed with a lot of haps. (Hence ob fryeri...) With these fish the only real way is just to keep species tanks.

Now as for the fish, I know that one, but since you said yellow collar it didn't match in my mind.

I don't have really anything to say on the fish, except that I honestly doubt it will ever become very popular.

frozen-fire;1417151; said:
isn't it true that if the species are different enough, there won't be any interest in the other species?

I guess the safest way is to go with a species tank.
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Ikevi is right... if species are different enough... this link will help some what, but do not keep males/females of different types together... the females are similar and will pics the best male... not necessarily the same type....

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/mixing_peacocks.php
 
If you have a male with 1/2 females they tend to stay with their own. If you have a male on his own and a different female on her own it is quite possible that they will mate if she is ready to mate.
The only cross breeding I have had is with a Met.greshakei and a Met. callainos. Now that the male callainos is bigger this has stopped. Before he was dominated by the greshakei.
I run 50+ tanks with each having between 3-8 species each and have not had trouble with cross breeding other than the above which was about 2years ago.:naughty::ROFL::headbang2:nilly:
 
Scotty;1418169; said:
If you have a male with 1/2 females they tend to stay with their own. If you have a male on his own and a different female on her own it is quite possible that they will mate if she is ready to mate.
The only cross breeding I have had is with a Met.greshakei and a Met. callainos. Now that the male callainos is bigger this has stopped. Before he was dominated by the greshakei.
I run 50+ tanks with each having between 3-8 species each and have not had trouble with cross breeding other than the above which was about 2years ago.:naughty::ROFL::headbang2:nilly:
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good point, if available I could see a female staying with a male of the same type...

The question is does this rule apply with all ACs or are peacocks some what different.

Has anyone an experience with this and peacocks? My peacocks have not bred. I have a few pairs now, but they are still young.... I can not give an answer with my tank experience.
 
The problem is that it is say 80% probability that another male didn't jump in and cross breed. It doesn't happen often but it happens, and well if you want to sell fish you have to sell ones you know are not hybrids... and often you would like to sell them when they are young so there will be no real way to tell. Hence you really do have to just go as an species tank. (IE I would never consider putting two different species of peacocks together just because there is that possibility of crossing.)

And remember the only real way to sell fish is to get a name of selling good quality... so well don't mess it up by trying to squeeze some together. (For example the only two tanks that I will keep fry right now are my 55's. One has 4 Albino Eureka reds, one has 4 Lwandas and 2 electras.) So sure if you have a peacock and a hap that is completely different you can feel safe. (IE if somehow they do mix you will be able to tell from the babies right away.) I mean just a few days ago before I split these guys up I was watching my lwanda try to get the albino to mate, and a german red try to get a lwanda...

Anyways that is my advice. (IE out of all your species you have I would just give them there own 55, or maybe a 40 breeder and be safe in knowing you will not have any hybrids.) And yes that means more tanks... but if you are serious in wanting to breed (and sell), then you would have to get more tanks anyways.
 
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