I have a freshly rocked and fully cycled 55 gallon. I know I want to keep M. Johanni's. My question is how many males can I have? I love the male coloring and not so much the female coloring. How many of them total? Any other species that would complement them?
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Females of M. Johnanni are actually orange. Females of M. cyanerhabdos also called electric blue johanni are blue as well as the males. Males are just brighter.
I have one set of M. Johanni (1M +2F) and 1 set of M. cyanerhabdos (1M + 2F) <- probably
I also have several other groups in the tank (Labs and others) and although the Male M.Johanni chases other fish, there's been no fisticuffs.
The M. Johanni is the biggest territory hog out of all my fish. He will take 1/3 of the tank if he can get away with it.
The M. cyanerhabdos? female (if that's what it is) is nothing like the male? In fact, the carrying female is bluer, but I have another female with predominantly brown markings.
I understood that this set was still M. Johanni, but from a different place...
While on the subject, the M.Johanni females behave like males (showing off / shivering) and even though the male is the most territorial, busy digger in the tank, they`ve not produced yet - even though I`ve seen them "pretend" to lay eggs!
I also have several other groups in the tank (Labs and others) and although the Male M.Johanni chases other fish, there's been no fisticuffs.
The M. Johanni is the biggest territory hog out of all my fish. He will take 1/3 of the tank if he can get away with it.
The M. cyanerhabdos? female (if that's what it is) is nothing like the male? In fact, the carrying female is bluer, but I have another female with predominantly brown markings.
I understood that this set was still M. Johanni, but from a different place...
While on the subject, the M.Johanni females behave like males (showing off / shivering) and even though the male is the most territorial, busy digger in the tank, they`ve not produced yet - even though I`ve seen them "pretend" to lay eggs!
