Common food-farmed Oreochromines get a bad rap. I propose to overlook their invasive status and appreciate their amazing adaptive abilities and appreciate them for what they are. Sexy.
I don't know why I got so excited when I first saw one in person. I knew their status as an invasive species all over the world but I suppose the black and white and silvery green duds and fleshy lips won me over. Since then I've managed to always have some. I've since considered rose-breasted & red-eyed O. niloticus and the amazingly colorful O. tanganicae but I've never felt the need-to-have urge to keep them as I have O. mossambicus. They, among other hobby staples like kribs and cons, will always be among my favorite cichlids.
This is my current 7" male.
He is involved in a love/hate relationship with this thing. A fellow invasive species, Dormitator maculatus.
They're never too far apart. It's kinda cute watching them be so taken with one another one minute and then sick of eachother the next.
Thanks for looking!
I don't know why I got so excited when I first saw one in person. I knew their status as an invasive species all over the world but I suppose the black and white and silvery green duds and fleshy lips won me over. Since then I've managed to always have some. I've since considered rose-breasted & red-eyed O. niloticus and the amazingly colorful O. tanganicae but I've never felt the need-to-have urge to keep them as I have O. mossambicus. They, among other hobby staples like kribs and cons, will always be among my favorite cichlids.
This is my current 7" male.
He is involved in a love/hate relationship with this thing. A fellow invasive species, Dormitator maculatus.
They're never too far apart. It's kinda cute watching them be so taken with one another one minute and then sick of eachother the next.
Thanks for looking!
