In my experience, a lot of Cynotilapia species will really put on some color between the sizes of 2" and 2.5". I've had some start to color up before that, but they really seemed to bloom once they hit the 2" mark.
I have a bunch of C. Afra 'Jalo Reefs' and its at about 2" that the dominant male will show his coloring a majority of the time. It really depends on how much territory there is and how many females are around too. When isolated, they look pretty boring. But get a group of them and you can watch them forever.
Still juvies at 1 1/2", but here is one of my Jalo Reefers. No sooner did I ask when, and then they started showing more color ! Not nearly as much as the other larger ones here, but they are showing promise.
They are Cynotilapia sp. "Chinyankwazi" from either Chinyankwazi or Chinyamwezi... I am not sure if Ad had split the two islands into separate species or not. Hopefully nick a will chime in with what he knows about them - he's done some research on these.
They are Cynotilapia sp. "Chinyankwazi" from either Chinyankwazi or Chinyamwezi... I am not sure if Ad had split the two islands into separate species or not. Hopefully nick a will chime in with what he knows about them - he's done some research on these.
loverjw, very nice looking afras--the lions are looking good too!
ladybugzcrunch,
Brian nailed it. C. sp. 'chinyankwazi' Chinyankwazi (while Ad considers the three populations to be one species; recent DNA analysis would tend to make the case that they are separate).
Adult female
Adult male (the other pic is of a juvenile just getting his colors going)
I have had my first cyno group for almost month now. I have f1 cyno lion "sanga" its hard to get a pic, but he looks amazing even at barely over 1.5''. his yellow is just starting to come in... felt i should revive this thread. Its a great one!
Im sure *** shown them to you before whyspyder.. IMO mbenji's females are the best looking female afra.. Ad Konings 3rd edition shows a nice purple female..
Heres a video i made of them spawning.
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