[nickinsmokerise]

Hi all, I recently added a young elongatus to my mixed mbuna tank. I bought him as mostly black with small but striking light blue markings. The next morning I couldnt find him! He was not black anymore, but solid light blue, is he now like passive or something?? I have a huge red-top zebra that is the ruler of the kingdom. He is the alpha male, and the alpha female is also an elongatus who is solid yellow. I plan on adding quite a few more (polits most likely)- should I bet on all of them turning into their passive colors? Thanks!

 

[Gibbs]

I would like to see some photo of the fish you talking about

The elongatus may either be female or just feeling a little bit vulnerable. What species if Elongatus is he?

Give it some time to settle and grow and he may come good

 

[cichlidaholic]

What size tank is this?

What is the full stock list?

 

[nickinsmokerise]

ok, lets see, im adding all this stuff to "my tanks" and i will have pics up friday when i have more time, but in a 110 gallon I have:

1 large red-top Zebra alpha male
1 large M. Johanni female
2 medium 1/2 lab, 1/2 zebra
1 small pseudo. elongatus demasoni ( the fishie in question)
1 large clown loach

The store i got him from does sometimes mis-label the genus and species, but I dont have a lot of options locally : (
if you like i can email you the pics of the tank, untill i get a good panoramic pic less than 256 mb's. Thanks for your help everybody!!

 

[Gibbs]

ill pm you my Email

 

[nickinsmokerise]

fish has matured and colored up nicely and mystery is solved! Its a Msobo! Thanks guys!