Those are absolutely amazing. Hard to believe that's a natural color without hormones...really sweet. How old is this colony?
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a LFS ( coral reef) here sale a bunch of them all male for 14.99 each ( i was there last week)..i got 2 in 2 of my tank ..one is a lil smaller 3in in the 75 gallon .he's really really red..but the bigger one 5IN in the 210 gallon he's about 1 year old ,when he was young he's really red now his color is fade away change to pink/red ..either way they're still a beautiful fish but watch out the older they get the more they will be the dom male in the tank ( well in my case) 
I have a male dragon blood in my all male hap/peacock tank. He is about 4" and more of a flourescent orange, doesnt look as nice as Pkut's. He is about 4" and he is very peaceful, but my Aulonocara Baenschi is always picking on the dragonblood and starting fights with him.cichlids _killer;2500160; said:a LFS ( coral reef) here sale a bunch of them all male for 14.99 each ( i was there last week)..i got 2 in 2 of my tank ..one is a lil smaller 3in in the 75 gallon .he's really really red..but the bigger one 5IN in the 210 gallon he's about 1 year old ,when he was young he's really red now his color is fade away change to pink/red ..either way they're still a beautiful fish but watch out the older they get the more they will be the dom male in the tank ( well in my case)
The LFS near me sells something that looks kinda like a dragonblood but the guy who works there was telling me he thinks they are just hormoned, they come in really red at about 2" but he said they turn mostly white after a few weeks.
here's the pic of the big male that color is fade ..his color use to be like the smaller one but the older he get the more is fade ...cichlids _killer;2500160; said:a LFS ( coral reef) here sale a bunch of them all male for 14.99 each ( i was there last week)..i got 2 in 2 of my tank ..one is a lil smaller 3in in the 75 gallon .he's really really red..but the bigger one 5IN in the 210 gallon he's about 1 year old ,when he was young he's really red now his color is fade away change to pink/red ..either way they're still a beautiful fish but watch out the older they get the more they will be the dom male in the tank ( well in my case)
here's the smaller one ..he's really stunning..been in the tank for the last 4month
Love the glowing reds.....I would find a way to get them even if that meant I would have to sell a few of my long term african residents in my tank.....they are just stunning...
Hello,
I know the brother in law of the German first-breeder of the Firefish by person and saw his Firefish and they are really that red.
The firstbreeder lives 30minutes from me away and on his homepage are all details about how he bred them (but in German).
The first step to Firefish was a Aulonacara x Pseudotropheus Hybrid.
But his kind of Firefish u can only get at breeders here, the ones in the stores are imported from Asia or Eastern Europe.
And the Firefish ain´t a straight kind, even with the best breeders u have some not so beautifull red babys in a batch.
Thats why millions of different kinds are called firefish or what else.
The ones called Dragon Blood I saw too in a store they were unreal pink.
After a few weeks they turned out white albinos
Don´t know if painted by injections or with really much colour-food.
I know the brother in law of the German first-breeder of the Firefish by person and saw his Firefish and they are really that red.
The firstbreeder lives 30minutes from me away and on his homepage are all details about how he bred them (but in German).
The first step to Firefish was a Aulonacara x Pseudotropheus Hybrid.
But his kind of Firefish u can only get at breeders here, the ones in the stores are imported from Asia or Eastern Europe.
And the Firefish ain´t a straight kind, even with the best breeders u have some not so beautifull red babys in a batch.
Thats why millions of different kinds are called firefish or what else.
The ones called Dragon Blood I saw too in a store they were unreal pink.
After a few weeks they turned out white albinos
Don´t know if painted by injections or with really much colour-food.
LadyBarbara001, My present colony is about 18 months old right now. I have had a few different strains of these Firefish/Dragonblood type of fish. I have kept this one because, it is by far the nicest one that I have come across so far. I have kept a few specimens of the previous strains that I used to breed.
I am going to keep selectively breeding this strain. Thank you for the nice compliments on them.
I am going to keep selectively breeding this strain. Thank you for the nice compliments on them.
