Re: Need some help in identifying a few mbunas please [message #9688]
Fri, 16 May 2008 13:43
Malawi Mother Messages: 1305 Registered: February 2007 Location: Phoenix AZ
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In the bottom picture there is a Pseudeotropheus Kenyi, most likely a female. That is the blue and black striped one.
The pure white one is a Pseudeotropheus Snow white socolofi.
I'm not positive on the first and second pictures though. They look to me like some sort of Peacocks in both pics but can't say for sure.
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Hmm, can't confirm either, but the pair with the longish fins are shaped a lot like peacocks that's for sure.
I have another question if you guys are familiar with melanochromatus auratus, I have three and one is considerably darker than the others. Do you think he will continue to darken (a male) ? Or do males turn black very quickly or only once they're big or how does that work? He's about 1 1/2 inches long. If you want a picture I can send one.
Re: Need some help in identifying a few mbunas please [message #9694]
Fri, 16 May 2008 15:29
Malawi Mother Messages: 1305 Registered: February 2007 Location: Phoenix AZ
Senior Member
Males can turn dark in just a few days or over a period of months. And when a paticular female has no males in the tank, she becomes the dominate one and she can also change clothing to look like a male. I have one. When I had a male in the tank, she and he spawned and then while she was carrying the offspring, I got rid of the male. He was just too aggressive. After all the babies had been given away, the mom was the only one in the tank of her species and she turned to look like a male and has been that way ever sense. It is my opinion that the female will do this if she is the only auratus in the tank and has something to prove to all her tank mates who may be just as aggressive as her or even more.
It is very common for a tank not to have two male auratus in it. At maturity, these two fish will tear eachother apart.
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