Are these two africans the same species?
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KABB44423;1206360; said:lol
I have new pics of them..give me a few moments and they will be up..
My goodness how this thread has gone. And hence you have the problems that all people have with fish that aren't from reliable sources.
So I say you will never know for sure. For my fish that fall under that catagory I keep them in the same tank, and if they have fry I hope they get eaten.
Could they be Metriaclima estherae (O), maybe, could the be hybrids, maybe you never know. The only thing that usually gives away these guys are there mouths, so do you think they are elongated... I tend towards maybe hence maybe hybrid. But again you never know, so then the choice is yours do you want to breed and sell them as possible hybrids? http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1729
It is tough, but if you are trying to get into breeding seriously don't. I mean the only way to really make it is to make a good name and if you sell fish you aren't 100% what they are then someday it will burn you.
That being said I again say they look cool, so there might be people that want possible hybrids that look cool. (Heck the ob fryeri is a great example of an hybrid that I really like.)
Anyways good luck on figuring out what is what. (And I didn't know that female peacocks could be bred to like like Taiwan Reefs, but if you never know.)
So I say you will never know for sure. For my fish that fall under that catagory I keep them in the same tank, and if they have fry I hope they get eaten.
Could they be Metriaclima estherae (O), maybe, could the be hybrids, maybe you never know. The only thing that usually gives away these guys are there mouths, so do you think they are elongated... I tend towards maybe hence maybe hybrid. But again you never know, so then the choice is yours do you want to breed and sell them as possible hybrids? http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1729
It is tough, but if you are trying to get into breeding seriously don't. I mean the only way to really make it is to make a good name and if you sell fish you aren't 100% what they are then someday it will burn you.
That being said I again say they look cool, so there might be people that want possible hybrids that look cool. (Heck the ob fryeri is a great example of an hybrid that I really like.)
Anyways good luck on figuring out what is what. (And I didn't know that female peacocks could be bred to like like Taiwan Reefs, but if you never know.)
i thouhgt you had determined what the first 1 was and was trying to id the bottom 1Red Devil;1206436; said:You mean what ever they are
ikevi;1206449; said:
Definitly beyond a doubt ..do not want to breed any hybrids.. i believe if it happens my error .. so that is why i am so careful and i keep asking.. the taiwan reef info came about because i was going to order some Taiwan reef male ..so i asked the expert {i presume to be expert}since he is in the business of selling only hard to find malawi fish..by sending him a pic of her first..i figured if he wanted to make a sale he would have told me she was a Taiwan Reef but instead he wrote me back that she was a creation from the Far east trying to make more albino female taiwan reef..so needless to say i thanked him but did not buy the male taiwan reef from him since now i have no intention of breeding her.. i will just buy young ones..that is how careful i am.. i want the authentic real fish..also this fish made it really diffucult because i posted on two other forums and they said Taiwan reef also.. but if there is a doubt i am gunshy..
KABB44423;1206458; said:i thouhgt you had determined what the first 1 was and was trying to id the bottom 1
Does it look like anything was determined ??/
I am really confused now...........and besides that everyone left..well ill have my stabbbb at it i determine that they are 2 fish i would love 2 have if you dont want them lol
