Lake Malawi Species • Post Cynotilapia Pictures!

[thevein]

nope !, actually from f1 parents, they are both brothers. if you notice the fish on the left; his barring isn't up to my breeding standards and he normally get's removed when I introduce females. The other male is part of my hara breeding program B. A few posts above is my F0 male that's part of breeding program A.

[GaFishMan1181]

They look so different. I actually like the way the hara with smaller lines that do not go into the dorsal fin look. Is the standard for it to go up into the dorsal or for it to stop on the body?

[thevein]

when I got my f0 group i noticed exactly what you just said. it appears that with aquarium breeding, the black barring gradually becomes phased out. the intensity when full colored lightens and the dorsal barring diminishes as the line progresses. here's a side by side....

from f1 parents (tank raised)


f0

[Mugen-Malawi]

Lets keep this thread alive ...Same fish...New Pixs...

Cyno Afra Cobue / Cobwe

Subby Male (these came out crappy, since he is camera shy, but shows his colors)





Albino Male (lives in show tank)







Dom Male (breeder)





My fav pix of the Dom Male so far...didnt resize this one since it ruins the pix...my new background...click on it...

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/k00mk1ng/fish/cobuez042-1.jpg

Short Vid of the DOM and SUBBY Male

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0-7zwgRPtE

[Munchie1010]

Here is my Jalo Reef

[loffy74]

[img][img]http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv328/loffy74/20226b.jpg[/img][/img]

[cjacob316]

no pics, i have too much trouble trying to take them, but i have a new vid

Cynotilapia sp. 'Mbamba' Mpanga Rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1WDrttq-Tk

[loffy74]

very cool, the males should darken up soon right?

[cjacob316]

hopefully, probably by the time they get closer to 2 inches

[Belexes]

C. afra Cobwe

[tires_6792]

F1 afra cobue (taken a while back) will update as soon as i can get a good shot of him. Hes @ 2"-2-1/2" here



wild afra Magunga



Young F1 1-1/2"-2" Magunga male



I will also post up pics of some of the albino cobwe i have as soon as they get bigger. I've got like 7 of them to take my pick from to keep.

[cjacob316]

here is a screen shot from a video i shot, low quality though, sorry

male Cynotilapia sp. 'Mbamba' Mpanga Rocks

[nick a]

tires_6792 & Belexes, very excellent looking Cobwe. Near my ideal of 'perfect' patterns!

cjacob316, Just give him a little more time & he'll be a show-stopper! Each one shows a slightly different variation on coloration & patterning. I've been extremely fortunate to have a seemingly stable species-only set-up in a 40BR with 3 DOM males/3 subDOMs/8 females. Check out the variation in the 3 DOMs. Look at the egg spots, the penetration of bars into the dorsal etc.... These are all from the samr batch of F1s!

[cjacob316]

I got mine from Dave btw, so I assume you bred them?

i've seen him look pretty good sometimes when i first walk into the room, but once he sees me he lightens up, has a great looking yellow crest already though

[nick a]

Definitely a fun fish to watch as they mature It's possible that they were from me but Dave has multiple sources so I'm not certain.