mycoolmc Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 Hi all, love reading all the topics on here but this is the first time i've posted. Just wondering if someone would be able to identify the following fish... They were sold to me all as Female Ice Blue Zebra's but one is different from the rest.... top one i believe is male(Metriaclima estherae?) and is a much lighter blue from the rest... Im guessing there are some type of hybrid? two of them have already breed with this guy(pretty sure its a metriaclima-greshakei?) Cheers for your help in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 You are right neither of the top 2 are female ice blues, the top one could be a Metriaclima callainos (cobalt zebra) but the shape doesn't look quite right to me. The second one in first pic I am unsure on as well but doesn't look like anything pure I have seen so guessing hybrid. Bottom one could be a male ice blue do you have another pic of it? Something looks off with the colour in that one but think it is the pic.. Problem with zebras in NZ is most of them are hybrids people go on the net make up names and just breed them with anything or breed them in mixed tanks and sell the fry as pure. We just end up with lots of hybrids and some of them can throw looking very similar to pure fish so it is very hard to tell.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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