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I'm new to the cichlid hobby, and feeling very overloaded with information! I'm not going to post stats on my aquarium yet, because I'm still in the process of identifying the "mixed african cichlids" that I bought and going thru the info on these forums, but I am quite sure they are all Malawi.
anyway,
I have a "powder blue socolofi" who is the top dog of my fish tank, and constantly re-arranges the sand bottom and aquarium furniture, which is ok. Lately he has begun shaking and vibrating in front of my "yellow zebras" (they look like Metriaclima estherae and have a few egg spots) and turning so light blue he is almost silver.
At first I thought this was more aggression, but he isn't really attacking them.
--What does this behavior mean?
--Is this mating behavior, and does that mean the socolofi is male? (and aren't they too small to be mating?) The socolofi is about 2.5 inches, and the yellow ones are about 2 inches.
--Should I worry about having "unwanted" hybrid babies anytime soon? (I don't care about hybrid or not, but I know it is bad for cichlid enthuiasts)
Thanks!
anyway,
I have a "powder blue socolofi" who is the top dog of my fish tank, and constantly re-arranges the sand bottom and aquarium furniture, which is ok. Lately he has begun shaking and vibrating in front of my "yellow zebras" (they look like Metriaclima estherae and have a few egg spots) and turning so light blue he is almost silver.
At first I thought this was more aggression, but he isn't really attacking them.
--What does this behavior mean?
--Is this mating behavior, and does that mean the socolofi is male? (and aren't they too small to be mating?) The socolofi is about 2.5 inches, and the yellow ones are about 2 inches.
--Should I worry about having "unwanted" hybrid babies anytime soon? (I don't care about hybrid or not, but I know it is bad for cichlid enthuiasts)
Thanks!