markfnq Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 these guys are starting to show some potentialjust starting to get colour the pic doesnt show it but that purple sheen at the base of the dorsal fincovers the whole body ! cheers mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firthy13 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Beautiful fish. The yellow behind the gill plate should start coming through soon hopefully. Looks like he has been fighting a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfnq Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 hi,the males are just starting to push each other aroundi have 5 males and 15 females in a 4x2x18trying to decide what males to keep for breeding some have a nice blaze thats starting to come out but some have an almost purple colour with not much of a blazei am thinking of using the purple guys and hope the blaze come later. cheers mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbuna Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 some nice colour coming through there mark! are these bred from your bigger male? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Looking good. This is why we need to keep peacocks true.CheersRosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfnq Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 hi mbuna got them of a bloke in brisbane the parents came in through mengas for the murderous gay pretty boy pictured below turned into a dud !he killed one male and two females [ all german imports ] .i was so wrapped to get him some nice females and he just went nuts !!!i just lost patience with him and put him back in the display tankcant work out why .maybe the fact he basically didnt see a female for near two years when he was in the big tank.i will see what happens i may try him with a few of the F 1 females when they are larger. cheers mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Sorry to hear that you lost some of your imports.Some fish temperaments change radically when their conditions change. I had a colony of Saulosi living harmoniously in a two foot tank. Rewarded them for all their hard work with a larger abode (4 footer) and the male went ballistic and attacked every female. I had to separate him and get a new male. He never calmed down and lived out his days in a display tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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