![]() ![]() The adults are fed chopped kril, blood worms and frozen brine shrimp. The 14 fry are doing great by the way on both frozen and live baby brine shrimp. Im left with two half grown auratus, an adult male auratus, a male johanni. I'm getting everything ready for the hollidays and don't have the time to look for the charger for my camera. I was wondering how to tell if my Red Zebra Cichlid is a male or female. Along with some flat rocks and many hiding places I have a large amount of floating plants in both of the tanks. PH is 7.6 and the temperiture in the tanks is 84 degrees. I matched the conditions in the grow out tank in the 29 gallon and the pair seem to be going through the motions. After moving the remaining fry to a fry tank and moving the pair to a spawning tank of thier own (29 gallon) another pair of the Jewels began coloring up and started spawning behavure.īreeding Red Jewels, Syn P's and true green terrors was always the plan but the Jewels are moving along at a faster pace than we anticipated. The Jewels are only about 2.5 to 3 inches long and even though one of the pairs adopted the bright red breeding colors I assumed they were still too young. The Syndonis petricola in the same tank picked off most of the free swimmers before I could set everything up. So far we only have the one batch of fry and of those only 14 survived to make it to the fry tank. It surprised me to see how much floating pellets swell up! Some of this is probably stuff you already know, just trying to be helpful.My wife and I have several breeding pair of Red Jewels at the moment with more forming all the time from a group of 10 fish that we picked up locally as babies. No clue how many are in there rock scaped and tons of hiding places and they keep making more. Soaking the pellets so they go ahead and swell up before feeding, seems to help cut down on bloat too. Adult male bumblebee, red zebra approaching 6 size. They get used to that fairly quickly, so don't worry if they don't seem to love it the first time. Squeeze them and they pop right out of the shell. Just drop them into a coffee cup of water and heat them up. Day 7, I feed shelled peas, the frozen ones. (Haven't made any frozen veggie cubes lately.) On day 6, I don't feed at all. I alternate between flakes and pellets right now. There are many factors in determining gender but we need a better pic to be certain. I pinch 1/2 of them in half, and those sink so that I can make sure the juvies are getting enough food without over feeding the adults. If you can get a clear shot of the entire side of the fish with its find extended it would be much easier to tell. When I feed pellets, I soak them in a lil tank water for 10 minutes so they get soft. ![]() Then, immediately move over a foot or two and shove that pinch down in the tank farther. Adult male specimens have a territorial diameter which will encompass the. Albino and white variations are very common, as is a Red or Tangerine. But you can try this if needed: When I feed flakes, I put a pinch at the top to get the adults attention. Maylandia estherae, the red zebra cichlid, is what my former colleagues and I. Profile: Zebra Mbuna, Zebra Cichlid, Cobalt Blue Cichlid, Zebra Malawi Cichlid. Size Male Female Unsexed Juvenile: Premium: Young adult: Adult: Select options. Usually smaller Mbunas will be brave, and quick, when it comes to food. The Ice Blue Zebra Cichlid is a popular strain of Zebra that is a cobalt blue fish with a Red Top. 4K HDR 120FPS 21:9 CINEMA WIDEHDR10+General Malawi Mbuna care guide : How to keep your african cichlids vibrant colourful and healthy. I have some juvies mixed in with adults in 2 of my tanks and they are doing great, but they're not red zebras. ![]()
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