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I'm a little confused. So were they sold to the store as something else like feeders? How did you end up with fish that small and in the pumps?
No, the babies came from the orange orange cichlid (she later on had more fry with another cichlid in the tank) and I know for sure she had some fry because she kept them in her mouth... and I was able to pull them out of the pumps because I worked at the pet store. But I'm just confused because in the time I worked there I've never seen a cichlid that looked anything like this little guy.
Ah gotcha. Definitely sounds like a hybrid. But I am no expert on African cichlids.
I got some Acie mbuna crossed with a "orange hybrid, dragons blood peacock.
Mine never showed any yellow fin Acei, until the second generation, of 50/50 mix.
With out watching them breed, and holding the fry in solitary. You will never know. I have two with black banding, 4 with shades of purple,
5 of a blue color. 15 or so light pink. But it's hard to tell the males, from females.
Mine never showed any yellow fin Acei, until the second generation, of 50/50 mix.
With out watching them breed, and holding the fry in solitary. You will never know. I have two with black banding, 4 with shades of purple,
5 of a blue color. 15 or so light pink. But it's hard to tell the males, from females.
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The one with the stripes looks like a Malawi peacock, probably female, probably hybrid-- even without knowing any background. If accurate, what you see now is what you'll get with that one. Malawi cichlids are fairly notorious for cross breeding, especially when others of the same species are lacking in the tank. If both came from the same cross, it would still make sense, when that happens you can get some that look more like one parent or the other or somewhere in between. It's part of the reason there's so many Malawi hybrids out there, some will pass for an original species, some won't. The resulting uncertainty some feel as to what they're getting is why they decide to buy Malawi cichlids only from reputable breeders.
Been there-- starting a tank, need something in it, going with whatever I found, and getting a bit of a mash up as a result.
Been there-- starting a tank, need something in it, going with whatever I found, and getting a bit of a mash up as a result.
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If you follow the lake Malwai mbuna, and peacock line back in time, you would find an African cichild, Tilapia, that could only fit in the "hybrid category" with today's Latin species names.
