Rusty and a Red Zebra?

[dblondfemme]

I watched a dance today between my male rusty and what looks like a red zebra.  We watched the whole process and they did it in a very crowded aggressive tank.  Their platform was a piece of slate on the top of a pile.  It was beautiful.  I'm not sure if she will hold them "to term" or not, but it was cool explaining the process to Berni.   Has anyone else ever seen the two cross before?  I will be interested in seeing the fry if they do make it - not to worry... she will go into another tank in a few weeks.

[Hanson77]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Been there done that....  Mbunas are really good about "hooking up" with whomever catches their attention.  I had a female that would breed with just about anything in the tank; mbunas, peacocks, whatever.  Then I had a peacock male that was the same, in fact you got some of the "mystery fry" from one of my cross breedings for one of your school tanks.

[dblondfemme]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

THose babies turned out to be beautiful....
Here are pics of the soon to be parents ;-)
Actually ... I think these two fish came from you in that 45 show I purchased from you.
momma

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/dblondfemme/redzebragood2.jpg

poppa

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/dblondfemme/rustygood2.jpg

[Hanson77]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that they did.  I still wish that I had that tank, it was a nice one.  As soon as Petco decides to have another $1 a gallon sale, I'm for sure buying another one.

[Mzungu]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

And because her account is weird and I can't figure out why, here are the pictures she linked above:





I'm still trying to figure it out, Reba!!  

[Hanson77]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

I think that bottom one is an Ice Blue Zebra that I ended up getting from Raul the more I look at it....LOL.

[dblondfemme]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

well, when he is mating, he turned almost white, but normally he looks um...rusty colored.

[dblondfemme]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

trying this one

[dblondfemme]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

WOOHOOOOOOOOOo it worked... okay...
back to my movies lmao

[aquashelle]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Does the "Rusty" cichlid look like this one? This is Pat my first cichlid, and the weirdest one in my collection:
Sorry the pics are horrible, I'll try to get some more soon

[Hanson77]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Who knows... Babies ought to be interesting....LOL!!!!

[aquashelle]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

It's a PAT!!! lol don't bother asking, it's a terribly long story. Pat looks identical to that one though, and noone ever knows what Pat is, therefore any cichlid that looks like my "Pat" becomes a Pat  Yes I'm crazy

[Hanson77]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Shelle, I think yours and hers were both Ice Blue Zebras.  That's really close to what Rrocket had and I ended up with one of the random fry he had when I bought a group Hongiis from him.  It was like a hitch hiker that didn't want to leave his buddies....LOL.

[dblondfemme]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Mine looks like when he was doing his dance.  He turns a darker richer burnt red when he is demonstrating his dominance.
He doesn't ever really look like this:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cichlid/PseudotropheusIceBlue.php

He usually looks like this:

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=707

However... he could probably look like a combo of the two *shrugs*

[CichlidFan]

Re: Rusty and a Red Zebra?

Good looking fish in both pics...