Possible Pair? (Protomelas taeniolatus)

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Along with the other Peacocks I have, which I posted in my last thread about trying to breed them, I have two Wild Protomelas taeniolatus (I think), and they both looked like females, but the original owner said that the one seemed to be 'coloring-up a bit'. Got them on Monday and they looked the same, but the next day the other seem to get darker and more blue coloring. Is it possible that I have a pair here?
First two pics are the same fish, two after that are the other, and the last is the two of them together.

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fsc46;3768334; said:
IME any coloring = male.

I'm curious, where did you get wild caught juvenile Africans?
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Great.:D Hope one is a male.

Went and grabbed a few Cichlids from a Cichlid breeder not too far away from here that is trying to move to California. He had this pair for $10 and said that they were Wild Caught. He also said that he had a male, but it recently passed away.
I'm obviously new to the whole Peacock Cichlid thing, but $10 was a fair price IMO either way.:)
 
Still a nice peacock, sometimes people selling fish will say its a WC fish to get a few extra bucks, but hey at least you learned and $10 isn't a bad price lol. Could have been way worse.
 
Joshmac8;3769474; said:
Still a nice peacock, sometimes people selling fish will say its a WC fish to get a few extra bucks, but hey at least you learned and $10 isn't a bad price lol. Could have been way worse.
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So how would you be able to tell if it was wild caught or not? Without actually being there to catch it your self, of course.;)
 
I have lost 3 fish as of yesterday after getting them from the same person that gave me these two. He wrote back to me shown below. None of this made sense to me, and I couldn't find anything about "Hexamica". Anyone ever heard of this?

"I am sorry to hear that those fish died. I assure you that I have sold fishes to many people without any complaint. In fact, some of those folks keep coming back for more. A Cichlid that doesn't eat is a cause for alarm. This is one of the first signs of Hexamica, or commonly called "the bloat". This sickness comes from the water and is deadly if not treated immediately with metronidazole. I have not lost any fishes here nor do I see any sick fish. I would recommend that you take a look at your water and filtration systems."
 
mike dunagan;3771296; said:
we mainly call it bloat... what are you water prams?
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I'm not sure, but I do know that it had nothing to do with my tank. This is what I think may have went wrong...
A lot of the fish were underweight when we arrived, and he said that he had not been feeding them. Perfect way to get rid of a few extra Cichlids in order to move to California. So, when I brought them home and they ate for the first time in how long, their bodies must of had trouble trying to digest all of the food that they had just ate, not being used to eating, and therefore killing them.
Made sense to me, lol.
I just don't see three fish from two different tanks dying at the same time where the fish that where in the tank or previously in the tank have had no issues.
 
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