[Baustin12017]

my male white top is going and like vibrating against my female does this mean he doesn't like her should I move her :-?

 

[jeremypb]

If im not mistaken i think hes doing his mating dance... but you might wanna watch and make sure hes not being overly aggressive towards her!

 

[Baustin12017]

I don't think she wants to mat then because she keeps seining away is there anyway to get her to

 

[AZcichlidfreak]

It definitely sounds like he is trying to get her to spawn. This is a pretty normal thing in any African Cichlid tank. Aslong as your female isn't getting beaten up to badly you don't want to remove her.
Don't be suprised if you notice her holding in the next day or two! :thumb:

 

[DJRansome]

Just make sure you have plenty of female Cynotilapia sp. hara and that way the chasing gets spread among them and no one female becomes overly stressed.

 

[Baustin12017]

if she holds how many fry should I expect

 

[firemedic1169]

I just stripped two Msobos that were holding and got 12 out of one and 14 out of the other, but they were only a little over two inches, Its not unheard of to get 30 fry out of a full grown female

 

[Baustin12017]

is there any way to sell them or would people not buy them

 

[firemedic1169]

If you are sure there was no crossbreeding you can check with your lfs to see if they would buy some

 

[GTZ]

You could try to sell them through a local fish club, an online classified, or try the trading post here.

 

[Baustin12017]

the ones breeding arre wild wouold that increase or decrease or not effect the value

 

[firemedic1169]

In theory it should increase the value. Are you saying that the breeding fish are FO?

 

[Baustin12017]

fo? no idea what thaat means

 

[firemedic1169]

FO=Wild caught
F1= one generation removed from wild
F2=two generations removed from wild

 

[Baustin12017]

yes then fo

 

[firemedic1169]

Where did the fish come from? Breeder? LFS?

 

[Baustin12017]

local fish store

 

[firemedic1169]

Not that it can't be possible but its not unheard of for lfs's to sell fish as something they are not. Its not uncommon to read posts here where the fish store told the buyer it was one kind of fish and it ended up being something different. Wild caught is hard to prove or disprove unless you are the one catching the fish or got it from a reputable source. IMO LFS's are not reputable sources. My LFS has frequently lead my astray with misinformation and lack of knowledge. Thankfully I found this forum as its full of information from many experienced people

 

[Baustin12017]

they are actualy a fish store that really only specializes in cichlids and they get wild fish in all the time because the owners also own a whose sale place so i know thay are actualy wild

 

[des]

Sorry, silly question.

If a F2 was released into the wild. How long would F2 become a F0 provided fish survives?