where to find adult female m. auratus

petluvr

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• Jul 21, 2008

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I have searched high and low for a few female m. auratus to breed with my male and everyone says they sell only juvies so they can not accurately sex them. I tried aquabid and the same there. Any suggestions as to where I may find adults? No luck on the wanted boards here either

 

cichlidsrextrem

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• Jul 21, 2008

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on aquabid most of the sellers put there email up so maybe you could email askin for a female just i thought

 

ibr3ak

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• Jul 21, 2008

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Mbuna mature (sexually) relatively fast 4-6 months from being 1"+ juvies, if you can't find mature auratus females locally just get as many juvies as you want and grow them out in the same tank with the male.

 

petluvr

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The only prob is I don't have tank space for the males once they mature. I just emailed a seller on aquabid so hopefully I will get a good response. If it comed to growing them out in the same tank, 55 gallon, you don't think the male would kill the other males?

 

ibr3ak

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• Jul 21, 2008

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How large is the male? Generally if a male is large enough he wouldn't be as aggressive to juvies, because they are not a threat to him. Talk to local lfs's and see if they'll except fish for store credit, then once they start changing color and you know which ones are male you can sell them to a store.

 

petluvr

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The male is fully matured around 5 inches or so. I probably would sell them here first as my LFS is the biggest crap hole on the planet