Hi!
Whats the most you've had an Mbuna spit? Or a Peackock? or a Hap? What kind were they, and how old? (best guess)
Just trying to see what people have done in the past, and what the most they ever had was.
My most memorable moment with Africans? Well, there are three:
First was when I was sitting by my Cynotilapia Afra tank with by best friend, and "What was THAT????" and then we began to look very closly, and then she says "There's a baby!!!!!" I looked at it and said, "Well, I sure as hell didn't put that in there!!!!!". We eventually found 2 of them, and later it turned out that there were at least 4......
Second Mbuna Moment was when I looked into the same tank, and began to wonder where all the fish had gone!!!!! There were those four juvies that I hadn't put in there, but where were the two wild females? And where were the three other (smaller) F1 females? I never see the two F1 males, so they weren't a surprise. So I looked, and looked, and looked, and finaly:
"THAT BLOODY MALE KNOCKED UP ALL MY FEMALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrr..........."
So I took 30+ minutes to carefully disassemble the tank to catch the female that looked to be holding the most (the smaller wild female, I am pretty sure). In the process, I dumped the dominate male out of his pvc, and I swear he gave me the finger!!!! I finaly caught her, and then a few weeks later, Voila!!!! 20+ babies!!!!!
Third moment was with some of my Tangs, the Tropheus. When I went to catch 12 for the auction, dad said get some big ones and some small ones and some medium ones. One of the smallest ones I caught, dad looked at and said: "I didn't put that fish in there. All the Tropheus I put in there were at least an inch!!!!!". Whats amazing about these is that the tank has not only Tropheus, but some Mbuna, some Peacocks, and my prize Nimbochromis Venustus. And all it had in it was a bunch of 2" PVC.
So what are yours?
Whats the most you've had an Mbuna spit? Or a Peackock? or a Hap? What kind were they, and how old? (best guess)
Just trying to see what people have done in the past, and what the most they ever had was.
My most memorable moment with Africans? Well, there are three:
First was when I was sitting by my Cynotilapia Afra tank with by best friend, and "What was THAT????" and then we began to look very closly, and then she says "There's a baby!!!!!" I looked at it and said, "Well, I sure as hell didn't put that in there!!!!!". We eventually found 2 of them, and later it turned out that there were at least 4......
Second Mbuna Moment was when I looked into the same tank, and began to wonder where all the fish had gone!!!!! There were those four juvies that I hadn't put in there, but where were the two wild females? And where were the three other (smaller) F1 females? I never see the two F1 males, so they weren't a surprise. So I looked, and looked, and looked, and finaly:
"THAT BLOODY MALE KNOCKED UP ALL MY FEMALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrr..........."
So I took 30+ minutes to carefully disassemble the tank to catch the female that looked to be holding the most (the smaller wild female, I am pretty sure). In the process, I dumped the dominate male out of his pvc, and I swear he gave me the finger!!!! I finaly caught her, and then a few weeks later, Voila!!!! 20+ babies!!!!!
Third moment was with some of my Tangs, the Tropheus. When I went to catch 12 for the auction, dad said get some big ones and some small ones and some medium ones. One of the smallest ones I caught, dad looked at and said: "I didn't put that fish in there. All the Tropheus I put in there were at least an inch!!!!!". Whats amazing about these is that the tank has not only Tropheus, but some Mbuna, some Peacocks, and my prize Nimbochromis Venustus. And all it had in it was a bunch of 2" PVC.
So what are yours?
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