dazzman Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 hey guys i just bought some fully grown Cynotilapia afra Cobue, yesterday and was hoping that some of you WITH EXPERIENCE with this species can give me some feedback on the quality based on these pics;the male had really good colour but i'm not sure about the shape, is it good?P.S. sorry about the poor quality of the pictures which were taken with my phone.Male afra Cobue3 female afra Cobuethanks Dazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 hmmm He does have goodcolour in the first couple of photos and the shape look OK but the fish in the bottom 2 photos don't look right. They could just be old. here is my male at different stages of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'd agree. The first looks like a well coloured male well shaped. The next 3 look like subdominant males though. and the snout is a bit pointy. If you can find females from a different bloodline, that would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzman Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 yeah i could see why you would say that so just in case i am wrong i have moved the definate male to another tank, this should enable any other male to become dominate and colour up right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiem Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I was just reading an article a couple of days ago that the afras now are zebroides ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I think Rosco is on the right track with their shape and they are old.Aussie have you got a link to the article that you were reading. I know that Cynotilapia zebroides has been reclassified as Microchromis zebroides but had not heard anything about C. afra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabbie Dabbie Do Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Tanks looking good dazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiem Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi Ged try www.cichlidae.com article php id 36901cheersAussie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzman Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 thanks Yabbie.well another one has coloured up now that he is the dom male but it doesn't look as good as the one i took out.now i just need more available tanks to take him out and see what happens with the other 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmann Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Rosco, that's a great looking fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxious_nasties Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I've bred these for a few years now and haven't seen the pointy/elongated mouth in the last two pics. I've had deformities here andthere but none have shown that kind of shape. But I'm not aware of things that afra's crossbreed with either.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzman Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Rosco, that's a great looking fish!X 2 Rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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