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cichlid babes identifcation? Dee 10-24-2005
Posted by Dee on October 24, 2005, 10:28 am
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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



Posted by Gill Passman on October 24, 2005, 11:02 am
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Dee wrote:
> 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

Posted by Ian on October 25, 2005, 3:49 pm
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id say fish f

which looks like either

melenchromis joanjohnsae
or
Labidochromis textilis

out of the 2 id go for the textilis


> Dee wrote:
>> 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



Posted by Gill Passman on October 25, 2005, 4:17 pm
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Ian wrote:
> id say fish f
>
> which looks like either
>
> melenchromis joanjohnsae
> or
> Labidochromis textilis
>
> out of the 2 id go for the textilis
>
>
>
>>Dee wrote:
>>
>>>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
>
>
>
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


Posted by Dee on October 26, 2005, 9:58 am
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> Ian wrote:
>> id say fish f
>>
>> which looks like either
>>
>> melenchromis joanjohnsae
>> or
>> Labidochromis textilis
>>
>> out of the 2 id go for the textilis
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dee wrote:
>>>
>>>>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
>>
>>
>>
> 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
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?



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