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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / October 2005cichlid babes identifcation?
Can anyone identify which of my Malawi's are the parents of these please? (Totally at a loss when it comes to a cichlid tank I'm afraid!) Thanks http://www.sunrise1.plus.com/cichlid%20babes.html > Can anyone identify which of my Malawi's are the parents of these please? > (Totally at a loss when it comes to a cichlid tank I'm afraid!) > Thanks > http://www.sunrise1.plus.com/cichlid%20babes.html Looks like Melanchronis Cyaneorhabdos (aka Electric Blue Johanni) - I started off with one male and two females around March time and now have a tank full :-) Gill id say fish f which looks like either melenchromis joanjohnsae or Labidochromis textilis out of the 2 id go for the textilis >> Can anyone identify which of my Malawi's are the parents of these >> please? (Totally at a loss when it comes to a cichlid tank I'm afraid!) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Gill > id say fish f > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >>Gill Looking at your parent fish c) are definitely the parents - Melanchronis Cyaneorhabdos - just checked the photo out with my 11 year old son without showing him the post and he agrees without question - he even asked if they were photos of my fry.... Gill >> id say fish f >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Gill Thanks for the help. I only have one Melanchronis Cyaneorhabdos (Why can't cichlids have names like molly or platy??) and, not sure why, but I assumed he was male - he just "looks" male. So if that is mum, who is dad? Until the babes appeared, I noticed no unusual activity in the tank, no extra aggression or anything. I notice now though that Fish a is hiding all the time - in fact I thought she'd died then I just saw a flash of her when I turned the lights on. She isn't likely to be producing more babes is she? >>>id say fish f >>> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > time - in fact I thought she'd died then I just saw a flash of her when I > turned the lights on. She isn't likely to be producing more babes is she? If you only have the one then my guess it has cross-bred with one of your other Melanchronis either as the male or the female side of the partnership - my male is a lot deeper blue than the females (but not always) and has very pronounced yellow egg-spots. Cross breds aren't too good an idea from a purist view point - plus cross breds are almost impossible to trade in (at least you can't at any of the places I go to) - although you may find somewhere to take them as "Mixed Africans". Best bet would be to try and trade the Melanchronis Cyaneorhabdos for something else before you end up with a whole load of cross bred fry. Sometimes I spot my Mbunas breeding but not always. It isn't always accompanied by additional aggression. Generally the females will hide away while carrying the babies - some of mine do and others don't. The main thing I notice is that they stop feeding and their throats become distended. BTW I agree with you on the names - I always have to keep checking the spelling - lol Gill |
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