young f1 aulonocara maulana

[markfnq]

these guys are starting to show some potential

just starting to get colour

the pic doesnt show it but that purple sheen at the base of the dorsal fin

covers the whole body !

cheers mark

[firthy13]

Beautiful fish. The yellow behind the gill plate should start coming through soon hopefully. Looks like he has been fighting a bit.

[markfnq]

hi,

the males are just starting to push each other around

i have 5 males and 15 females in a 4x2x18

trying 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 blaze

i am thinking of using the purple guys and hope the blaze come later.

cheers mark

[Mbuna]

some nice colour coming through there mark! are these bred from your bigger male?

[rosco]

Looking good. This is why we need to keep peacocks true.

Cheers

Rosco

[markfnq]

hi mbuna got them of a bloke in brisbane the parents came in through meng

as 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 tank

cant 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

[Ged]

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.