shannabel Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 My pathetic attempt at fish photography and for the heck of it Shannon s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGr8Blade Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Love the parrot and that BRIGHT YELLOW one. What is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannabel Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 That would be a Metriaclima sp. "Msobo" or Pseudotropheus 'msobo' (not sure why they have two names)Hopefully a female!! Shannon S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGr8Blade Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Very nice fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Nice Kribs, are you planning on breeding them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevchewy Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Very nice Msobo's... they should grow up to be beauties! what ratio do you have of Males to Females? nev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannabel Posted November 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Kribs have breed only once and the darn babies all got sucked up the filter. They were fun to watch though Learned my lesson cover those intakes!!. Fry were a bit of a surpirse though first time I had kribs. Have not breed again. Moso, I have one male to two female I think. I am not 100% sure if they are female yet. Tanks said I can bring them back if they turn out to be male. So far so good though. I would really like to get another female Pseudotropheus Elongatus Chewere. Only have one and she is holding again. Have not seen them around. My poor parrots. One is 8 inches and the other one is only 5. The larger one is always laying eggs and tries to eat the freckles off my arm when I am cleaning the tank. Had them for 7 year. Very hardy fish!! Even if they are hybrids. My bad Shannon S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Do you just have the 2 Kribs? here is a photo of some of mine They have grown quite a bit since that photo 2 of the females look like they swallowed a dark purple grape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Chewere's rock , I know a guy who has a female msobo, that has the most stunnig color you've ever seen , estherae orange and he'd part with it if you are interested. Wouldn't believe it was even a msobo if I hadn't bred it myself. PM if interested. He has no males so likely free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannabel Posted November 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Only have the two kribs male and female. Only in a 20 gal. Female always looks like she has some egss in her but have not seen anything yet. Had another male that I had to put down as he had a weird growth coming off his head. Looked like a tumor. RdFishguy I am actually looking for a female chewere but thanks for the offer I apprecaite it. I do have about 8 fry so I am hoping to get a few females out of the batch. The rest of the the fry escaped their confines and got eaten!! They are about a month old but can't tell the sexes yet. Hope they look as good as their dad. I am pretty sure they parents were F1's. Shannon S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Kribs have breed only once and the darn babies all got sucked up the filter. They were fun to watch though Learned my lesson cover those intakes!!. Fry were a bit of a surpirse though first time I had kribs. Have not breed again. Sometimes if you separate them for a while and then reintroduce them they will spawn again. And doing a 30 to 50% water change can bring on breeding. Do you buffer your ph? This also affects there breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannabel Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Thanks Nick for the ideas. I Have done water changes with no luck. Oh well. If it happens it happens. My female msobo is already holding. Did not even have them for a week dang it!! HEHE before they were at it. Shannon S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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