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12-02-2008 14:58 by Dominic	since i added a new cichlid to my fish tank it has become boss, Big time! she is the most aggressive one in the tank, but she keeps chasing the other fish and flickering. i am wondering what the flickering is? i think it is a female lombadoi. and i am wondering how can i sex the fish in there? i would like some breeding pairs but im not sure if they're suitable. i will try to get a pic soon.
12-02-2008 18:29 by Fry Lover	the "flicking" is usually a show of aggression with Malawi's. What you have there is a Lombardoi, also known as Kennyi. Females tend to be blue in colouration and males more yellow. I have had both sexes, had to move my male on that i inherited with the tank, as he went nuts after the move! Reputation as one of the more aggressive Malawi's. Often not recommended unless very experienced owner with a big tank
12-02-2008 18:30 by Fry Lover	you may find it happens more immediately after feeding. I'd be careful with getting more of these!
12-02-2008 18:31 by Fry Lover	the flicking i mean, but its generally a showing off tactic, many peeps confuse it for a parasite infection in Malawi's (although in theory it could be parasites causing the flicking) but from your description I'd say it's behavioural and sending a message to other fish.
12-02-2008 18:33 by Dominic	Oh right sweet, Yeah its dark blue with black ish stripes, stunning colours. it seems to just chase the rest about, it only really fights with my bristlenose plec. i will post a picture of my tank, could you tell me if its overstocked please. thanks m8
12-02-2008 18:34 by Fry Lover	okies, i'll keep an eye out on thread mate, be back and forth with tidying the flat though!!! Post your tank dimensions and filtration whilst you at it
12-02-2008 18:41 by Dominic	One tanks a tropiquarium 88 i was given, it has a fluval 304 external. my malawi tank is a light glow tank. i think it is 27 gallons. some sound dude emailed me on here saying he needed to get rid of. that has 2 fluval 3 + filters with venturi bits on.
12-02-2008 18:55 by Fry Lover	if thats UK Gallons, i am thinking your Malawi tank is 120 litres? i have been known to regularly breach "normal" stock rules, but i dont think even i would keep a Lombardoi in a 120 litre mate, not with a bunch of other fish. You might get lucky, but the Lombardoi will get to 5-6", and its the males that are usually more aggressive! I would deffo scrap the idea of adding a male to your tank! Very risky! So what fish you currently for in your Malawi set-up?
12-02-2008 19:17 by Dominic	Ill get a pic when i can find the camera mate, but so far theres 1 bristlenose, 1 gibby plec, 2 yellow labs. 3 orange ones. 2 elec blue johanni. 1 brown one. 3 random blue ones, not sure of many names sorry. 1 brichardi tang. and a MELANOCHROMIS CHIPOKAE i think
12-02-2008 19:27 by Fry Lover	Chipokae have a nasty reputation for aggro too, although mine was fine and that was at 4" Do you test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate Dominic?
12-02-2008 20:08 by Dominic	Yeah the waters good. had to do a full change since my dad overfed the fish big time over the weekend, not many of the cichlids show agression at all, more peaceful than i expected for my first cichlid tank. only the boss is chasing all the time. sory about the wait for the pics, im having an ass of a time trying to get the shite card reader working.
12-02-2008 20:34 by Dominic
12-02-2008 20:36 by Dominic	sharks goin soon, just put him in there to fatten him up
12-02-2008 20:39 by Dominic	rasbora and plants.
12-02-2008 20:42 by Dominic	And my friendly little puffers!, the tank we were talking about, oh telboy if you read this, the crabs were a meal!
12-02-2008 20:54 by Fry Lover	nice pics, good use of ocean rock and i love the planted tank too. you'll have to think about a bigger tank at some point i think.... but if you keep on top of the water changes might be okay for a while i guess. If the Kennyi becomes too much i would remove it, but you definitly done well with the ocean rock, plenty of cover for fish. Personally, with your tank, i'd be doing 40% water change every 7 days. What are you using for food with the Malawi's
12-02-2008 20:57 by Dominic	thanks dude, can you id any of the malawis? is that a lombadoi the big blue and black one?? i feed them crushed dry shrimp and krill, cheapy pound shop pellets, flakes, bloodworm and live river shrimp. i change the water every week, 5 gallons i think my container is.
12-02-2008 21:33 by Fry Lover	blood worm is no-no for Mbuna type Malawi mate. Try to get more veggie foods in their diet, be it courgette, cucumber or specific Malawi pellets. I am not good on ID's, not good at all, havent been doing Malawi for long enough, I'll have a go, back soon, need to consult Google though!
12-02-2008 21:35 by Fry Lover	no, not gonna bother, its not my thing, unless it obvious i wont know for sure, try a good Malawi site and go through some pics,
12-02-2008 21:46 by Dominic	ok mate thanks, i put cucumber in for the plec to eat, but the cichlids don't seem fussed on it. i look through the cichlid sites but they all look similar, i will try though. thanks bud!
12-02-2008 22:29 by telboy	shame bout the crab dom, tanks look good mate...as lurver said no bloodworm for the mbuna
12-02-2008 22:40 by Dominic	thanks m8, them crabs are rubbish anyway. i had 3 but they all died for some reason, the last one i found with no claws after it shredded. so the puffers found it an easy meal! lol
14-02-2008 10:21 by telboy	were they the red claw crab? if so they're freshwater dom, also need somewhere to come outta water for a bit of rnr mate
14-02-2008 11:49 by Woz	bottom left yellow one is a yellow lab, the bottom middle right is some sort of melanochromis ( i dont think its a auratus though) the horizontal striped ones are melanochromis johanni and the yellow ones in the middle look like pseudtropheus socolofi( i may be wrong) btw im taking about pic no 1.
14-02-2008 12:09 by Dominic	Oh i read that in order to thrive and breed they need brackish water, they had a chilaxing pad out of the water but since they died i raised it to the top. no need anymore thanks for the id mate, i will research more into the fish now i have some names! cheers chaps
14-02-2008 16:34 by Woz	they dont need brackish water at all, just clean well oxygenated water with a ph at around 7.5 to 8

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