roypark05

I'd buy a fire engine red msobo

Yikes! I didn't realize some of those were hybrids (like the Eureka). I think the same thing goes with Jewels for a large part as Lifalili/Guttatus/Bimaculatus are so common and have been bred together.

My jewels finished breeding recently, I just separated the fry today and the parents didn't seem too happy! Anyway, they didn't mouthbrood, but I read somewhere that they do some times, I think it depends on certain conditions like number of immediate threats in the tank. I'll try opening her mouth maybe, I sure hope she is still holding. A batch of OB Fuelleborni fry to go with my jewel fry is exactly what I'd like. I'm clearing out my tanks as best I can just to support all the fish I will hopefully have in the upcoming months! I'm also attempting to breed OB Peacocks and I'm lining up a female Magunga to breed with my male as well. Maybe I will be able to open up my own store soon lol. Thanks to everyone for helping me out here!

Makes sense why it's so confusing then. I saw the guys at Big Al's today and some of the males are starting to change their yellow baby colour to their blue adult colour.

Fish stores and albertaaquatica members alike seem to have different thoughts on what a "msobo" is. Having confused them myself and having people confused by them over the past several months, I've done some research, and while I'm nowhere near 100% on identifying this species, I think I'm further ahead at least. My avatar is of a fish I have in my 75 gallon, I purchased him from Big Al's as a Pseudotrohpeus sp "deep" but they also called him a Magunga There is a tank at Big Al's now full of yellow fish labelled pseudotropheus sp deep and when I went in and talked to them, several staff told me they weren't "msobo" or "magunga" rather something else entirely. I'm fairly certain they are mistaken, and I'm willing to wager that several of those yellow fish will turn black/blue as they grow, and I'm waiting for it. I want a female magunga and I'm going to keep an eye on those yellow guys until they grow and I'm sure of the sex. This article best sums up everything I've found out so far: http://www.malawimayhem.com/articles_msobo.shtml

OK so I had my two Labeotropheus Fuelleborni (OB) breed recently, but while the female was holding, she was attacked by all the other mbuna, and has since been moved to a different tank. I have the follwing questions: 1. How likely is she to have lost her eggs/fry after repeated attacks? Will she hold on to them at all costs or will she spit them out to defend herself? (Note: I never saw her bite back once, which she would normally have done a bit, she just kept trying to hide) 2. What about eating? Will she eat while holding? I tried to feed her in her new tank and she ate but it really wasn't much. She barely ate at all. 3. She doesn't seem as puffy around the neck, but she seems to "ribbit" like a frog...almost looks like she's chewing but never really opens her mouth...is that what holding female mbuna are like? 4. Any other advice?

I've been told that before but I hate having the aquarium crowded and I much prefer giving the fish some space. Until now, I've never been interested in breeding the fish, but in the span of a couple days I found out I have 2 breeding pairs...lol, and I didn't even know if they were males or females. I thought the 2 jewels were both male.

I have a hex tank not in use so I guess I'll get that one going then. I can pull one of the two filters off my 29 gallon for it. So why flower pots and why no gravel?

Yeah I noticed the OB Peacock sort of getting involved. I also noticed my Magunga trying to mate with the female Fuelleborni. Anyway, I'm trying to get a female for the Magunga and I just picked up a female for the OB Peacock.

As you can see from my signature I have 3 tanks. Now that I have 2 breeding pairs of cichlids in my 75 gallon, I think I need to set up a grow-out tank. Right now I'm thinking more of using the 29 gallon and removing the problem fish such as the convicts and probably the acara. Questions: 1. Can I keep a buffalohead in a grow out tank or will he try and eat the babies? 2. What other fish can I keep in the grow out tank between and during babies growing in there. I'm almost certainly going to get a pleco or two. 3. Would I be better off using my 10 gallon? What about its current inhabitants? *Thanks for any help. OB Fuelleborni babies to whoever can help me get this to work.

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So cool looking with the red eyes!!!

Are you sure the red-eyed fish are socolofi?

dwarf cockatoo cichlid http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile74.html

hahaha yeah suppose so. When I first got my magunga I couldn't figure out what he was exactly, I had it narrowed down to 3 different species, the differences in some cases are so subtle. I still don't know what the differences between guttatus and bimaculatus are. Lifalili is the only jewel species that I can identify. For the record I'm not a big lifalili fan lol.

Boom, I wish I could help you but those pics were taken by my girlfriend's father who is a very skilled amateur photographer. He has top notch equipment, of which I know nothing about. You can see pics that I took on the AA facebook group, and they look nothing like the ones on this thread lol. Sorry!

Snow White Socolofi http://www.nazarite.net/africans/profiles/...ofi-albino.html

Nice pics, I like your OB. He looks a lot like the one I have.