hilly Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 i will start at the begining i got a trio of these off a mate after his 3 year old son decided to pour a 1ltr can of varnish into his fish tank system while his back was turned painting tank stands. he got them out and bought them over oringinally he bought 20 from a fish store but lost 17 due to bloat so i got 1 male 2 females. when he got them he was told the were sp red but not where they came from so he assumed they were moliros not knowing there are different variants with in the sp red. now from those 3 i got i now have 26 in the colony the 3 originals i got all look the same (chickenman phil will tell you this) all have the magenta stripe near the tail the others show this as well but not all the time depending on dominance so heres a few more pics to see what you think. i hope you can help get to the truth of what these really are. will post some more pics of them later got to go watch my duaghter do karate now . thank you hilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicj Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I am no expert but i can definatly see chipimbi but there are some that look different Do you have any individual pics of the 3 originals?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropheusQueen Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Great shots BTW From what I see in these shots there are only a couple with the Chipimbi colouration. There are so many factors at play including camera and your lighting that may ke this identification a difficult one. They appear far too red in the main body and the dorsal. Did the original three look like the fish I am calling a Chipimbi in your first post?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 yes the origanal 3 i got all have that colouration if there was any difference in the begining i would not have taken them. i will do my best to get some pics of the original 3 adults. thanks for taking the time to help with this. hilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 heres the origanal 3 acouple of shots with tank lights off hope these help. hilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 any ideas hilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropheusQueen Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 any ideas hilly Well there is no mistaking those now is there If all offspring came from those three then you most certainly have chipimbi It must be your lighting and that most may still be in juvenile dress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenman Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 thanks Aline, thats what i thought they were,i origanally had them at my place in a tank on there own and since then they have never been with any thing else apart from a second colony of duboisi we have growing up. thats cleared that problem up (chipimbi not moliro). thanks heaps Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 thanks for taking the time to clear this aline its really appreciated. hilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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