BAP - Tropheops sp. "Red Cheek"

[chriscoli]

I got a few of these from Shawn. I had thought I lost most of them, but of the three that remain, I have 2M and 1F. I finally saw the female holding a few days ago!

Pics of the holding female (top)
Pic of one of the males (bottom)

 

[Tony]

Gorgeous fish, Chris.

How angry are they? The couple of times I tried Tropheops, they bred, but the tanks was an absolute war zone.

 

[chriscoli]

These are some of the mellower fish in that tank. They are also smaller than the average Mbuna, and a little slower to mature.

 

[Leffler817]

Nice job Christine. Is this her first time holding? IME I will strip the female after 21-24 days. By then there's little or no egg sack and they'll take BBS, Pearls, or RCS fry. The most I have ever stripped was 22 and averaged high teens.


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[chriscoli]

I'm pretty sure this was her first time holding....I look at them frequently in hopes that they'll have spawned.

I did go ahead and strip her yesterday. Very large eggs!

 

[Leffler817]

I have never tried to tumble eggs. But you can do all that stuff like breathing.

It's surprising to get such large eggs/fry from such a small mouthed fish. Lol.


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[chriscoli]

So I've been working on these for a while. Lost my previous batches for various reasons. I stripped another batch yesterday....we'll see how they do!

 

[jonclark96]

Congrats!

Glad to see that the fish room is all settled in and everything is starting to spawn again.

 

[chriscoli]

Here's a pic of them....the eggs are huge!


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[Pat Kelly]

wow.
nice looking fish

 

[Leffler817]

YAY!!!! I'm so glad you got yours going. Is this the 2M/1F that you had separated at the holiday party?

 

[chriscoli]

Yep , it's the same reverse trio. I put them in with a rowdy group of mbuna and they seem to be spawning regularly now. She's a lot less stressed with all of the other targets in the tank.


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