C0lin Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Yesterday, I was talking on the phone and glanced at my tank, and saw something orange behind the rocks in the corner. I looked down for a closer look, and sure enough, BABY CICHLID! I've had a tank for the better part of 10 years, and never once had anything reproduce. I have the most fish of one breed that I've ever had, and I guess the odds worked in my favor. Like my friend told me, the new fish is nothing but profit. He's already eating solid pellets and everything.(rock2) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredknack Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Congrats! That is sweet! Watch out though. Once those fish figure out they can make babies there is no stopping them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Spring is in the air!!!! oh waterDOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Congrats! It's always sweet when something in your tank reproduces... well, except aptasia that is I have a poor neglected FW tank with a collection of assorted tetra, barbs, and blue platys and every time I check it lately there is a new generation of Platys in there - I think we are at number 6 or 7 at this point. Even though these guys are supposed to be easy to rear as live bearers, I have never had a batch be so long lived and prolific. It's a whole different level with the cichlids though so definitely something to celebrate (clap) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakkzz Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 That is really cool. You should try to post some pictures. I'm sure we'd all love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0lin Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 There he is. Out and about! Sorry about the bad iPhone image. I didn't feel like getting out my digital camera, plus that's not much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill V. Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 What type of cichlid is it? I just gave away 2 breeding pairs of Jewels to a guy plus 15 from one of the pairs i had. They were spawning like crazy, then of course they would get eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0lin Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 These are African Malawi cichlids. I'm a little worried because its mom/dad, no idea which one, has been looking unhealthy. Its tail doesn't seem to be doing too much. Matter of fact, I thought it was a goner a good month or so ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobble Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Is that a baby red zebra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 African Cichlids were never really my specialty, but looks like a Lamprologus sp. to me. You probably should ask Doran. He hangs with the Cichlid freaks at GPAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobble Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Lamprologus sp. are actually Tanganyika Cichlids. I feel like such a newbie at this reef stuff......finally the topic of African Cichlids comes up. Something I actually know something about! (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Lamprologus sp. are actually Tanganyika Cichlids. I feel like such a newbie at this reef stuff......finally the topic of African Cichlids comes up. Something I actually know something about! (laugh) yeah, I know. It's just looking at the pic, that's the name that popped into my head. The whole jargon is quite a bit to deal with. Mbuna referring to Lake Malawi fishes. At the same time some newbie keepers of African Cichlids just refer to them all as Cichlids. When I first carried African Cichids years back, all of the Rift Lake Cichlids tended to be called Nyasa Cichlids. DOH! aside from all that... what does his fish look like to you, wobble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defigart Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Metriaclima estrae. I say this with confidence. Red Zebra. Probably of the orange variety and not the marbled variety. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobble Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I agree. Looks like a little red zebra. One of my favorite mbuna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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