shon982 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Male showing off 2M and 8F in the colony in a 4x2.5x2 with 9 Ochrogenys Ndole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Nice photos of nice fish. I saw these fish years ages ago down my way and they are specular fish. I was trying to remember the name of the fish only on the weekend thanks for posting the photos. cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Very nice! You did well to get good shots, my leptos would never stay still long enough for me so great job. Stunning yellow and blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Cool photos of nice cyps shon. In the second photo is that a sub-dominant male in the background or just a female? Left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Great looking fish. Your picture really captures the colour well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edas Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Great looking Kigoma's, one of my favourite cyp's. Is that a yellow tail male in the background? Are they wildcaught? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shon982 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thanks for the lovely comments guys! Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I was at uni all day but I am always online on my phone only to browse the forum though Nice photos of nice fish. I saw these fish years ages ago down my way and they are specular fish. I was trying to remember the name of the fish only on the weekend thanks for posting the photos. cheers rosco Lol I'm glad I helped solve that problem Very nice! You did well to get good shots, my leptos would never stay still long enough for me so great job. Stunning yellow and blues. Thanks, lol they're a bit slow after eating but they like to show off after being fed I used flash on the camera to brighten up the fish Although the images are not edited at all! Cool photos of nice cyps shon. In the second photo is that a sub-dominant male in the background or just a female? Left side. Hey Cody Yeah I was told that, that is the second male but there is no yellow on the body/face or blue on the tail Great looking fish. Your picture really captures the colour well. Thanks mate Great looking Kigoma's, one of my favourite cyp's. Is that a yellow tail male in the background? Are they wildcaught? I never really liked cyps until I saw the huge colony they were a part of! They're awesome fish Yes that is what I was told is the second male, it does have yellow on the tail/end of the body rather than on the fin. Why is that? They are adults from a breeding colony of a fish breeder here in Brisbane, but I never asked him if they're wild caught. If they're not wild caught then they'd definitely be imported at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 yep its a boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edas Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Like many of the cyp variants, I understand that there are both blue and yellow tail morphs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shon982 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'm having doubts about the ratio now I've been watching them for about half an hour There are others with colour (all have a bit of colour) and are displaying their fins Would they be males? Any strategies to sex them without venting? The one in the background hasn't shown off at all But there is another 2 or 3 that are doing it One is defending some rocks - I see yellow in the dorsal One is the big male in the picture Another one is a small one with blue in the dorsal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shon982 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 This is one I thought was female but is defending a rocky area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edas Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 My males all display colour, my females display no colour. Give yours time to settle / mature and any males will display colour. It won't be a bad thing to have a few more males in your colony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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