id me please.

i got these guys from the hhc auction. i knew what they were at the time. but i for got. i talked to somebody at the auction(maybe seller or friend) he told me they were f1 and the wc dad was beautiful.
i believe the bag said afra .....
i got 3m 2f

took this the day after the auction november 16th
dominate male and female




took this just now january 8th
same dominate male

2 males and 3 females would be my choice.

i got 3m and 2f at the auction. i was just wondering if i should get rid of 1 or 2 males.

Having an extra male just means the Alpha male might display his colors more often to show dominance. I'd keep at least another male and get rid of one. Plus if you end of losing a male due to illness/injury...you would still have a "back-up"

h0ngkn0t2 wrote:

2 males and 3 females would be my choice.

You could add more females to the mix but I would not add anymore males.

1 male and 4 females for breeding
1 male and 2 females for display ratio

I've often found that 2 males is the worst possible number for Mbuna. The subdom often gets completely trashed. 1 male works very well and (depending on tank size) 3 + males helps spread out the dom male's attention ---and can actually benefit the females.

2 females is the absolute minimum. The upper number is limited only by the tank size.

As long as you have females for him to court, a single male will be fully colored up most (if not all) of the time anyway.

Males can be reproductively active for at least 5 years/females tend to decrease in 'activity' as they get of a certain age LOL!

This 3 year old afra Cobwe shares a species only 40BR with 8 females, stays colored up all the time and the group breeds regularly.

Man that fish is on FIRE!! Very nice. I wouldn't mind getting fry from them..

I would agree 100% with Nick. The only thing I have to add is that although having more females than males is preffered, I would not remove the extra males. Dominant males like to do two things: 1: breed. 2: beat stuff up. As you have them now, he has two males to pick on and two females to breed with. Remove your two males, and he has two females to breed with AND pick on.

Have 3 males and 10 females. Fry coming out my rear end! I have about 50 ready to go.

I wouldnt mind getting some of these fry from you Kory!!

Pitbull wrote:

I wouldnt mind getting some of these fry from you Kory!!

pit bull. I can let a few go. I think Dave is getting most of them

they are from a WC male and F1 female so the fry are F2. Originally from khrister. Great line of cobwe

Cool Ill get them when i pick up the others on Friday. Just let me know how much

Nice colors

i was told mine were f1 when i got them at the hcc auction.1 of the 2 females was holding at the time. i will most likley be selling them soon.

If HCCC said they were F1 then thats a good source of info. I might want those from you curtis ;0)

gotcha ur first in line.

Awww I was gonna ask if I could buy them.......

found out what i had wasnt cobue. maybe hara?
this is what it looks like i believe.
ill get pics when i find my camera.

http://www.bigskycichlids.com/images/C_afra_hai_reef.jpg

I think you have the Harra

which is it? I have the cobue and the hara.

http://www.usafishbox.org/african-cichlids-f5/cynotilapia-collection-t1793.htm

Which one does it look like?

neither. the dominate male is baby blueish, with lots of black, and his dorsal fin is yellowish.