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My first African tank - Yellow labs and Demasonis (pics!)


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Has the male coloured up yet?

He's coloured up a little more - his face is getting more blue. His body is quite a dark orangey yellow in colour - hopefully this will turn a light bright yellow as he matures.

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Awwww very cute.... :D I love watching our broods of peacock babies in the grow out tubs... and love watching them school together, whizzing around the tubs... Have a fair few Jacobs in grow out at the moment :roll:

They are already showing schooling behavior in the tub at the moment. I guess I'll start feeding them when their egg sac has disappeared..

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Yeah usual story wait until the egg sack has disappeared however I have found once they can swim and still have a little bit they eat, babies do well on microworms but will eat anything that fits in their mouth.

Glad to hear the male is starting to colour up, I don't think the baenshi strain that was imported lately goes yellow more an orange colour, we can but hope it goes yellow :)

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hi ktttk with using the bricks have you noticed if the aggression? level is up or down? meaning because there is so many caves? they dont pick on each other so much or because there are so many they pick on each other to keep as many cave as they can? just curious thanks and gorgeous tank by the way

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hi ktttk with using the bricks have you noticed if the aggression? level is up or down? meaning because there is so many caves? they dont pick on each other so much or because there are so many they pick on each other to keep as many cave as they can? just curious thanks and gorgeous tank by the way

I find that the aggression is dispersed and very short-lived. A few dominant males have claimed the front area of the tank but there are always other fish swimming through it. The dominant males do their best to chase them away but the chase is very short. So rather than claiming many caves, they tend to claim the area in front or above the bricks. All the fish seem to have their own cave they go to when they are chased or threatened.

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Glad to hear the male is starting to colour up, I don't think the baenshi strain that was imported lately goes yellow more an orange colour, we can but hope it goes yellow :)

I got the baenschi male from Callum - I'm not sure if it was bred by him or if he purchased it as an import. But I guess its just a matter of time and patience to see how he colours up in the end.

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