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demon_surfer
05-12-2003, 1:49 PM
Hi there my girlfriend has had a group of mbuna in a 20 gallon tank for the last couple of months, we are at last able to move them up to a decent sized tank. With them will be going the chinese algae eater that has been in the tank longer than they have. However my girlfriend would like to have somethign else in the tank too. I have a suspicion that nothing else could reall live peacefully in there with them but if anyone knows of anything i would like to know. THe new tank will be 55 gallons
more information on what fish you currently have in the tank would be good :)
demon_surfer
05-12-2003, 3:28 PM
various species of mbuna cant be more specific at the moment. plus there is a chinese algae eater in there
do you know the M/F ratio?
what colors? any pics?
demon_surfer
05-12-2003, 3:53 PM
I believe it is mostly male as nearly all have a large number of egg spots.
The fish i can identify are a single auratus (F i think) apart from that i need to look it up which i cant right now. Pics are impossible im afraid. Ill look into IDing them as soon as i can.
eggs spots are not a good way to determine sex.
where did you purchase the fish? I might be able to guess what they are :)
demon_surfer
05-12-2003, 4:12 PM
i bought them from my best LFS boardroom aquatics
from an assorted tank?
or did they have them labeled and seperated?
well ....might be easier for you to figure out what they are by looking at pictures.....
http://www.armkes.com has alot fo pictures you should be able to find your fish :)
demon_surfer
05-12-2003, 4:18 PM
they had them in an assorted tank but he knew what they all were and told me i just forgot =/
demon_surfer
05-12-2003, 4:24 PM
i just had a look at that site and think its going to be very hard for me to ID them...ill have another try when im at home and can see the fish to compare them.
Also you said that the egg spots where not a good way to tell male from female, i thought they were like the only way TO tell the diffrence, if you dont mind please fill me in on what they really mean and a better way to sex them??
it is a guess with eggs spots.....
the only true way to tell is by vent sexing them...
here is a good article..
http://www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm
certain breeders will be able to sex smaller fish, as they have delt with the fish more.
stik6shift98
05-12-2003, 4:46 PM
it will be very hard to determine their sex
Originally posted by stik6shift98
it will be very hard to determine their sex
whats that mean?
ChilDawg
05-12-2003, 5:00 PM
I think that you have to have a little practice to vent fish, but, if you can work with obviously dimorphic mbuna and utaka, you will learn how to do it with more isomorphic species.
Is that the point you wanted to espouse, stik6shift98?