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I recently picked up 5 Pundamilia Nyererei "Python Island" from a friend of mine. The are all about one inch right now. While I lived in Germany I kept thre of these. 2 males and one female. As you can imagine, the three quickly turned into 1 male.
My question is this. Out of the five, two of them are really starting to color up. I assume that they are males. Two of them still look like juviniles with little color. I’m pretty sure that they are dimorphic fish, so at what point will I be able to really sex the fish? It seems that these guys are pretty hard to come by, so I’d like to try and breed them assuming that I have a desired group. How would I go about doing this? I’ve heard that 1m/3f is a pretty good start.
Is it better to leave them in my 180g with mixed Mbuna to help spread the aggresion, or move the desired group to another tank with no other fish. Not sure what I will do with the other male/males though. I know these guys get pretty nasty.
Thanks for any advice…
-Smitty
My question is this. Out of the five, two of them are really starting to color up. I assume that they are males. Two of them still look like juviniles with little color. I’m pretty sure that they are dimorphic fish, so at what point will I be able to really sex the fish? It seems that these guys are pretty hard to come by, so I’d like to try and breed them assuming that I have a desired group. How would I go about doing this? I’ve heard that 1m/3f is a pretty good start.
Is it better to leave them in my 180g with mixed Mbuna to help spread the aggresion, or move the desired group to another tank with no other fish. Not sure what I will do with the other male/males though. I know these guys get pretty nasty.
Thanks for any advice…
-Smitty