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Freshly stripped psedotropheus zebra fry

I just noticed a few days ago that she was holding. when i finally got her in my net she had spit out 3 fry which still had a little bit of the yolk sack. so i put her in the breader net, and she picked the 3 fry back up. and then tonight i decided to strip them cause i was afraid she would swallow them! 14 total 3 are displaying stripes.

posted by: Colin Brown	(report) Jul 7th, 2008
Views: 147	Rated: (13 votes)

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Tang O'	» posted 2008/07/07 - 02:18
is there a reason why some are orangish white and some dark?

Colin Brown	» posted 2008/07/07 - 02:21
the dark ones have stripes i am still unsure on the whole male female thing the mother was red i thought that only females were red and that males were blue or with some striped variation but i am confused????

Tang O'	» posted 2008/07/07 - 02:25
could be crossbreeds

s m	» posted 2008/07/07 - 02:52
I have read somewhere that the males are blue.

lee howe	» posted 2008/07/07 - 02:59
cool congrats..

Vince Cooper	» posted 2008/07/07 - 03:54
Congrats !If they are red zebras males are naturally blue, hatched brown, with red females & a few red males. Through selective breeding red males are no longer a rare site.

lee howe	» posted 2008/07/07 - 04:45
Vince that is good to know

lee howe	» posted 2008/07/07 - 04:54
Not doubting what you said Vince but just did some research and found that due to extensive breeding it is poosible to have lighter color orange be males and the females still carry the darker orange coloration.. but true Pseudotropheus Estherae males are a powder blue according to what I just researched.

bip_ 4u	» posted 2008/07/07 - 08:11
Congrats!!

***kylie ***

» posted 2008/07/07 - 09:35

Kay Bee19	» posted 2008/07/07 - 21:12
Do you have a male blue-morph red zebra in the tank which could have sired these fry?

Dane Daley	» posted 2008/07/07 - 21:18
The dark striped ones can also turn out to be orange blotched, as was the case with a brood from my esteraes a while back.

Colin Brown	» posted 2008/07/08 - 00:04
Yes i have Some Blue zebras in there.

Kay Bee19	» posted 2008/07/08 - 12:54
Cobalt blue zebras (metriaclima callainos) or blue morph red zebras (metriaclima estherae)? That would determine whether the fry are hybrid or not.

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Uli and Ria Reusser, 2008-08-28 19:21

my batts were dead last night when I went to get a pic, will have some pics

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Uli and Ria Reusser, 2008-08-28 19:12

did you get them at the lfs or a breeder?

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Uli and Ria Reusser, 2008-08-28 19:12

did you get them at the lfs or a breeder?

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miguel palomar, 2008-08-28 19:10

tang O are you going to the gcca swap meeting? (on the 28th of sep.) i can

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Uli and Ria Reusser, 2008-08-28 19:10

nice discus, what ya feeding them harvick?

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Tang O', 2008-08-28 19:09

Vincent, is this your 7" devil?

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