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Posted by Jimmy on April 13, 2007, 1:56 am
Please log in for more thread options Hey all,
Thanks for all comment. I'm a newbie to Cichlid and suspecting seeing
a mixed (hybrids) sold in large-department-store ... I could be wrong
as I don't know enough to identify them. It looks like an African
Zebra with black stripes and an orange color body.
I have just started my first and new tank ... just bought a couple of
small ones of different species, plus another 3 of the same kind (true
African Zebra Cichlid). They're only a 2 months or so old, so it's
another 4 months or so before they're possibly mature enough to
breed. As I'm still not knowing enough which one is male and which
one is female yet. Guess I'll just take good care of them for now and
go-with-the-flow :)
Jimmy
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Posted by Wojciech Milc / The Power Of D on April 13, 2007, 3:16 am
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Jimmy wrote:
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> I have just started my first and new tank ... just bought a couple of
> small ones of different species, plus another 3 of the same kind (true
> African Zebra Cichlid). They're only a 2 months or so old, so it's
> another 4 months or so before they're possibly mature enough to
> breed. As I'm still not knowing enough which one is male and which
> one is female yet. Guess I'll just take good care of them for now and
> go-with-the-flow :)
OK, but remember, that THE FLOW :-) in the Malawi tank has to be
strong, as the bio filtration volume, especially in crowded
tanks (less than 20 liters per fish). I have two large canister filters
(~5 liters of bio media, ~9 liters filter volume) with 850 lph output
each, plus two internal filters (fine mechanical filtration media) with
700 lph output each - all in 500 L tank with 35 fish.
-- !
Best regards, milc, 500L Mbuna tank, 500L Aulonacara/Haplochromis tank
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Posted by swarvegorilla on April 14, 2007, 10:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options if ya can get some pics up we can help ya sort boys from girls mate
> Jimmy wrote:
>>
>> I have just started my first and new tank ... just bought a couple of
>> small ones of different species, plus another 3 of the same kind (true
>> African Zebra Cichlid). They're only a 2 months or so old, so it's
>> another 4 months or so before they're possibly mature enough to
>> breed. As I'm still not knowing enough which one is male and which
>> one is female yet. Guess I'll just take good care of them for now and
>> go-with-the-flow :)
>
> OK, but remember, that THE FLOW :-) in the Malawi tank has to be
> strong, as the bio filtration volume, especially in crowded
> tanks (less than 20 liters per fish). I have two large canister filters
> (~5 liters of bio media, ~9 liters filter volume) with 850 lph output
> each, plus two internal filters (fine mechanical filtration media) with
> 700 lph output each - all in 500 L tank with 35 fish.
>
> -- !
> Best regards, milc, 500L Mbuna tank, 500L Aulonacara/Haplochromis tank
>
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Posted by Steve Wolstenholme on April 11, 2007, 5:04 am
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>If there are different kind/species of Cichlids in the same tank, can
>female Cichlid (of one specie) mating & breeding with another male
>Cichlid (of another specie)? If so, will the babies become mixed
>species?
>
Some cichlids will hybridised very easily when their natural partners
are not available. The crosses are not usually so nice.
Steve
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> I have just started my first and new tank ... just bought a couple of
> small ones of different species, plus another 3 of the same kind (true
> African Zebra Cichlid). They're only a 2 months or so old, so it's
> another 4 months or so before they're possibly mature enough to
> breed. As I'm still not knowing enough which one is male and which
> one is female yet. Guess I'll just take good care of them for now and
> go-with-the-flow :)