CichlidProfessional Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I am growing out some some Fuelleborni, however I got OB fish that look male:I would like to hear peoples opinions of OB morph and marmalade cats.From what I understand Marmalade Cats are OB males, fairly rare, being 1 out of 1000 born, they have blue/purple spots and a blue sheen upon the entire body...Some argue the phrase "marmalade cat" can be applied to all OB mbunas, while other argue it a Fuelleborni exclusive title.However I have read Fuelleborni have been linebreed to produce OB males, thus becoming a common occurrence in the trade. However the males have black not blue/purple spots.There are numerous geographic strains, I would presume most are crossed in Australia, thus theres a mixture of colours etc.Do only the males get the two lines between the eyes? Do females have a blue sheen to them?There seems to be alot of conflicting and confusing info about these fish on internet, I would like to see what Australian breeders say about the bloodlines we have here.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanke Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 hiwell u are right about the ob male being rare I have a ob male Labeotropheus trewavasae and they look like a female but like u said with the blue sheenI know of 2 color strains of the Fuelleborni here yanke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CichlidProfessional Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Cheers Yanke...I have seen female heavily OB/blue males with orange dorsal fin...pure blue males...and also very lightly OB females...Im sure some geographic "pure" strains are going around...But I think most of common ones in LFS' would be a Australian aquarium strain...I have noticed quite a few male looking OB fish at 2 diff LFS', could be due to line breeding (no marmalade cat charachteristic, besides the blue sheen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanke Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 hiwell the ones I have are the Labeotropheus trewavasae 'maleri' yanke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbuna Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I had a colony of trewavassae a fews years back that produced a fair few 'marmalade cats'. A lot more than 1 in 1000. Some of them are nice, some are quite average depending on the colouring.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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