MikeWs Fish Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Pseudotropheus sp.'Heteropictus' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Guess I know who beat me to them now :thumbsup: Had to hesitate when someone tried to tell me they were the only ones in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 I actually turned them away at first but traded some more common fry in (lots of them) and got a really good price on them considering there is only a handfull in the country. They need a bit of growing and I have one girl that is critically thin in a fry saver. Luckily she is eating. I let her out to play with her mates for a while every day - to stop her going insane. As soon as she starts struggling i pop her back in the fry saver. I have a good feeling she will pull through but she wont breed for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Hi Mike, I'd leave her in the floatie to gain strength...I'm sure she doesn't want/need to play! Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 I think you're probably right, Merjo Here's another piccy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Forgot to mention ...nice fish! I assume the females stay orange and the males are blue/black? Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 Yea the females go orangey yellow even a little greyish/blue tinge can be seen. Females can also have the odd black blotch on them ( I wouldnt say OB though). Males look like a mixture of a polit and a kingsizei 'likoma' male. They are grey with black bars. they have a black inner crest on their fins and a white outter crest also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Thanks Mike..looking forward to seeing more pics. as they mature Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 they are not msobo heteropictus, they are just Ps. heteropictus, part of the kingsizei group. take a look at your mal cich 3 and you can see em on the same page as the kingsizei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Good thing you got that book Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 There is ps msobo heteropictus and ps heteropictus. I'm leaning towards msobo heterpictus 'Lundo' because that what I got quoted by someone else, at the same time as the ones that I have came in I think they may ahve been labelled incorrectly at the place where i got them from. The only chance that I am wrong is if both fish came in at exactly the same time and I actually have ps heteropictus. I highly doubt it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I think the main difference between this msobo and the 'magangua' variety is that the male has clear barring and no black and blue blotches. And the female magunga are a thousand times better looking Nice fish though. Look forward to seeing a male in breeding dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 Actually, I could be wrong about the msobo part. I might have been getting confused when I was doing google searches for 'heteropictus' and both were coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 kinda figured that, i had the same problem when i first searched them up. looked at everything i could when i saw Norm advertise them in the trading post about a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 Came home to a mouthful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Nice one Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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