troy124 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hey guys, first time post and it's a question sorry lol..I have a breeding colony of electric blues 1x male 5x females in a 4ftx2ftx2ft,A few months back I had bought what thought to be two more juvenile electric bluesBut the more I look at them and compare to my other 6 I recon they look like cobolt bluesWhat is your opinion??And if they are cobolt blues will they breed with my electric blues ??I have attached a link via instagram of one of my juvies as I couldn't work out how to do it on the forum lol. ( )Thanks in advance guys Cheers Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosedagoose Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 They are cobalts and you shouldnt breed them with your other fish,, unless your not interested in keeping their young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy124 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Yeah Deffenantly don't want them to cross breed was just wondering if they would ??Thanks for your reply Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hi Troy and welcome to ACEthe pic is a Ps. callianos or Cobalt Zebrathe chance of cross breeding with your Electric Blues isnothing you need to worry about IMOStandard practice is to mix Mbuna and Haplochromides tominimise any cross breeding but having said that there arecases of this happeningjuvenile EB's are the same grey colour as the females likemost Haplochromides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy124 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Ok thanks...as long as they don't mix breed Iam happy to keep them in the same tank ... So because I have two and I already milked one making her the female and if they don't cross breed the other must be a male ??Cheers for the reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 that seems a good conclusionyou can vent sex themmale = o o 2 x small holes with a gap betweenfemale = oO 1 x small and 1 x large hole close together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy124 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 What is vent sex them ??? Do you mean the egg spots on there anal fin ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy124 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Should I get more female cobolt blues ?? Due to the fact the ratio is only 1:1 ATM lol or will she be ok ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 have a look at the google link for vent sexinghttp://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=vent+sexing+cichlids&oq=vent+sexing+cichlids&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=2491l14897l0l15219l28l21l4l0l0l0l875l4039l5-4.2l12l0&gs_l=hp.3...2491l14897l0l15219l28l21l4l0l0l0l875l4039l5-4j2l12l0.frgbld.&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=547313774ad3229a&biw=1440&bih=815regarding the Cobolts you can add extra females to the pair and form a colony but if he isn't harrassing herand your happy with just the pair you can go with that also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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