red zebra cichlids ??

Fish Addict · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 2:13 am Post subject: red zebra cichlids ??

do red zebra cichlids get get a stronger colour red because right now mine are more of a orange i just got these today

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

I'm not really sure. I did a search for some pics and all the ones I found were more of an orange. They will probably get to be a reddish orange, but probably not a true red (sort of like a "red" oscar).

-Chelle

J_acon · Member Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 115 Location: Melbourne

Maybe they males are more red, or maybe they only turn red when mating Laughing

Auspetian · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 11:06 am Post subject:

Females are red (dark/light orange really) males are blueish.

Female:

Male:

Also male (rare but):

The Specie scientific name is: Pseudotropheus estherae
try googleing for more information.

J_acon · Member Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 115 Location: Melbourne

I see, the male is way far from red, unless you count the rare one.

Fish Addict · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject:

when do they delovp these colors a mine are still small about this big
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Auspetian · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject:

They maybe still too young. Are they kind of yellow/orange now?

I have a few Africans in my tank:
4 of them are red zebras
2 are about 2 inch long (vibrant orangey colour).
2 others are a lil less then one inch long and have kind of vibrant yellow to light orange colour.

AND i discovered today that they are all females (did some online research following your question). I was waiting for them to pair and breed. Now i understand why they didn’t. Going to look for a male tomorrow. And also to ask the guy at the LFS about the 2 males and 2 females he gave me when i first bought them...LOL Embarassed

Here is a good link to check out.

P.S.
They are very dominant and very active. Full of personality “smart” and a real pleasure to watch !
Think

Fish Addict · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:

yes they are a yellow orange

OneWolvesDream · Super Senior Member Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 1175

thats the closest to what i could find

J_acon · Member Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 115 Location: Melbourne

I hate it when the guys at the LFS gives you a male when you asked for a female or the other way around. They are supposed to know the difference but sometimes the customer is more informed than them. Sigh

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

J_acon · Member Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 115 Location: Melbourne

Now come to think of it, that's true. But why don't they tell us that they can't tell the difference yet?

OneWolvesDream · Super Senior Member Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 1175

well, it depends on the petstore, if they have many animals in the store they could be from a diff. section and just be helping and if it is just a fish store than they might just not be aswell informed.

Fish Addict · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 12:34 am Post subject:

well i hope get to see my cichlids breed all i ever have that have had breed are guppies and mollies so i am hoping for my cichlids to breed