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rhys88 Fingerling Posts: 19 Kudos: 18 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Dec-2004	Can anyone tell me about there breeding habits, like when do the males turn black, does anyone have any pictures of males and females???, Whta is the male to female ratio???
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
MR_CICHLID Fish Addict Posts: 770 Kudos: 582 Votes: 124 Registered: 12-Aug-2003	Sexually Mature @ 2 1/2-3". Maternal Mouthbrooder. 20-30 fry average. anything more?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	i 2nd the above post but ill add that ur chances r better 1 male -3 females
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
rhys88 Fingerling Posts: 19 Kudos: 18 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Dec-2004	Ok i finally found a male to go with my two females, they are about 3inches and my male is about 2, he is getting picked on by the two females and a tangerine zebra, i have tried to add a couple of feeder fish to distract them but they do not take any notice of them they just go straight for the male
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	dither fish dont work with mbuna they keep majority of there aggression to there own kind u need alot of rock work for them to hide in n disperse there aggression the females most likely have set up there terriotorys in the tank adding the male he has no place to go u can try taking out all the fish n adding them back in after changing the tank setup around this will break all preexisting territories this is why ppl tend to overstock n crowd mbuna more fish less space they cant make territories
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
MR_CICHLID Fish Addict Posts: 770 Kudos: 582 Votes: 124 Registered: 12-Aug-2003	And I'll second that With Johanii your male:female should be 1m:5-8f min. As their Melanochromis they tend to be way up there on the aggression ladder. you'll really need more females. Also as these guys get big I'm going to have to say a 75g, is a min. Good luck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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