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Posted by NetMax on June 22, 2005, 3:43 pm
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> Hello --
>
> Thanks to everyone for helping me id my Melanochromis Auratus and all the
> advice. I've been working on getting a nice rock structure for the
> agressive little buggers to play about in and the ph is finally perfecto.
> There were 3, but the older male seems to have decided that one of the
> younger fish (which I thought was female) was a male and put an end to him
> a few nights ago :(
>
> Anyway - now I've got a 29 US gal tank with just 2 cichlids in it and it
> looks a little bare. I saw the general compatability chart
> (http://www.cichlidrecipe.com/cichlidchart/flashchartd.html - thanks Kim)
> but was wondering if anyone had experience or advice on what would work
> well with the pair I've already got.
I don't think a 29g would hold anything but the two most compatable
M.auratus, and then you will have to deal with fry (which works ok for a
while). Assuming they are not a happy couple (or 2 males), then you'll
likely find yourself with one fish eventually. The trouble is that their
territorial range is not much smaller than the entire tank.
> Also, is there a way to differentiate the male and female melanochromis
> auratus when they are younger? I'd like to get another 1 or 2, but don't
> want to accidentally get males.
AFAIK, as juveniles, they are not distiquishable by external
characteristics. There is a chance that they have a different ray count,
but I've never seen ray counts, scale counts etc published for African
cichlids.
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> -Dale
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> *Date:* Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:42:36 -0400
>
> Hello --
>
> Thanks to everyone for helping me id my Melanochromis Auratus and all
> the advice. I've been working on getting a nice rock structure for the
> agressive little buggers to play about in and the ph is finally
> perfecto. There were 3, but the older male seems to have decided that
> one of the younger fish (which I thought was female) was a male and put
> an end to him a few nights ago :(
>
> Anyway - now I've got a 29 US gal tank with just 2 cichlids in it and
> it looks a little bare. I saw the general compatability chart
> (http://www.cichlidrecipe.com/cichlidchart/flashchartd.html - thanks
> Kim) but was wondering if anyone had experience or advice on what would
> work well with the pair I've already got. Also, is there a way to
> differentiate the male and female melanochromis auratus when they are
> younger? I'd like to get another 1 or 2, but don't want to
> accidentally get males.