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    "assorted africans" breeding

    so i'm opening at the little shop i've been helping out at lately, and i spot what appears to be a female holding. the spawn has to be hybrid, because she is the only one of her kind in the tank. as i have very little experience with african cichlids, (SA stole my heart a long time ago) i'm not sure what species she is or what to do... help! :)

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    my fish house:
    2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
    6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
    29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
    45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
    75g-     2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
    125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
    and about a dozen bettas....
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  • #2
    WOW! Ally, I don't know a lot about africans. I know they are good parents. So you may not need to do anything. Just wait.
    Nothing Kills Evil Like a Sharp Stick...

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    • #3
      i'm just wondering if i should separate her? and i've always kinda thought that hybridizing these guys was a bad idea? should i strip and cull?
      my fish house:
      2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
      6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
      29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
      45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
      75g-       2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
      125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
      and about a dozen bettas....

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      • #4
        does anybody know what species she is?
        my fish house:
        2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
        6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
        29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
        45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
        75g-         2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
        125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
        and about a dozen bettas....

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        • #5
          IMO. She looks to be mixed herself, Zebra & ?
          Don't tell fish stories where people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
          Mark Twain

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          • #6
            there's really no telling.
            my fish house:
            2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
            6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
            29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
            45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
            75g-             2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
            125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
            and about a dozen bettas....

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            • #7
              Judging by the shape of the mouth I'd say she's got Labeotropheus fuelliborni in her ancestry.
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              Mark
              What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

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              • #8
                Is she in a tank with a lot of other fish? I just started breeding cichlids in a 136 community tank and I have and plan on removing holding females just as a precaution. Then again I have a catfish in there and I do not trust catfish with small fish ever.
                130 gallon lake malawi breeding community tank red zebra with true blue male, Mosobo "deep", Rusties, Taiwan reef.
                125 gallon with Carl the crappie and Mrs. C the crawdad
                100 gallon tall Walstad method planted tank
                55 gallon tropical mixture of guppies, platy's, clown loaches
                55 gallon pea puffer planted tank
                30 gallon Cichlid fry tank
                30 gallon planted snowball shrimp tank.
                10 gallon Killi fish australe orange planted tank trying to breed

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                • #9
                  i don't really want hybrids..
                  my fish house:
                  2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
                  6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
                  29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
                  45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
                  75g-                   2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
                  125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
                  and about a dozen bettas....

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                  • #10
                    Most are hybrids already, Malawi's are not my strong suit so identification is tough. By the looks of here, I'd imagine she was already a hybrid though so it is not really doing anything further. I'd let her hold and maybe draw some focus on her from customers.
                    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
                    Desiderius Erasmus
                    GHAC President

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                    • #11
                      shes definitely mixed hyrbid fish, I agree that she must have some fuelliborni in her bc of the mouth shape.
                      175 tropheus Chaitika
                      125 tropheus Ujiji
                      90 tropheus Nkonde

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                      • #12
                        ok... i guess we will just wait and see what happens.. thanks guys!
                        my fish house:
                        2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
                        6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
                        29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
                        45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
                        75g-                         2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
                        125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
                        and about a dozen bettas....

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                        • #13
                          where did u purchase the fish from j/w? I have seen cichlids pretty much like her before. I have also heard like above they make great parents very well protective of there offspring. What is all in the tank with her?
                          Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by kkt336 View Post
                            where did u purchase the fish from j/w? I have seen cichlids pretty much like her before. I have also heard like above they make great parents very well protective of there offspring. What is all in the tank with her?
                            She didn't buy it. It's an african fish from the store she's helping out at. Stopped by the place a week ago. Didn't really pay attention to the fish as I'm not much of a fan for african fish

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