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Thanks! Red Zebra
Thanks! Red Zebra
Red Zebra
posted by: Will K.

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Apr 8th, 2007
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Tim Pollard » posted 2007/04/08 01:57 am
Male kenyi...when young they are blue...then as they become adult they turn a golden color.....I bet he runs the tank doesn't he?..
Ryan Lancaster » posted 2007/04/08 02:20 am
Definitely not a Kenyi, looks like a Metriaclima estherae (O) to me. Have a look.
http://www.cichlidforum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1729
Tim Pollard » posted 2007/04/08 02:23 am  
I have a kenyi that looks exactly like that rite now undergoing that stage of transformation...but maybe u should get a better picture of it..
Tim Pollard » posted 2007/04/08 02:33 am  
Well...I'm for certain that it isn't a estherae because the females are already orange and the males are blue and opposite of that is kenyi in which males are orange and females are blue.. Your fish in the picture doesn't look either orange or blue...it looks like its turning into orange from blue in which the male kenyi does. (Note his blue fins)
Ryan Lancaster » posted 2007/04/08 02:42 am  
http://www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/Adult_breeding_Male_Red_Zebra.html

There's a picture of mine, which is 100% not a male Kenyi. And actually, the fins are the first (color to orange transformation) with male Kenyi's. Just my input.
David Sabourin » posted 2007/04/08 06:31 am
Female red zebra?
tonya norman » posted 2007/04/08 06:33 am
male red zebra, i have 2 of them
Kay Bee19 » posted 2007/04/08 06:43 am  
Definately a male red zebra (m. estherae (not all are male red zebras are blue,in fact most in captivity most are 'red'). Blue-hued fins on this red zebra are a gender indicator.
Kay Bee19 » posted 2007/04/08 06:45 am  
...also male kenyi are more yellowish.
Tim Pollard » posted 2007/04/08 06:57 am
False...my male kenyi is the same exact color because he is going through his maturity stage...dey do get this color then becoming golden later on..don't get me wrong......this picture is starting to resemble a red zebra more and more...becuz his eyes don't seem blue like my kenyi....take a pic with the entire body showing...especially the tail..and we"ll be abke to tell 4 sure by the egg spots on his anal fin..
karrie edwards » posted 2007/04/08 07:24 am  
a female kenyi is blue, i have one, and the males are yellow, and this one in the pic. looks like some sort of zebra. I agree with tonya! Nice fish though!
Elijah R. » posted 2007/04/08 07:33 am
Male Metriaclima Estherae better known as Red Zebra.
Kay Bee19 » posted 2007/04/08 08:20 am  
The presence of egg spots on the anal fin is inconsequential. The fish is starting to resemble a red zebra more and more...because that's what it is. ;) I've got 40-50 red zebras (no kidding) and can spot them fairly easily. Tim, please post a photo of your kenyi.
Ryan Lancaster » posted 2007/04/08 08:42 am
As I said Tim, YOU ARE INCORRECT!!!! I tried to be as clear as possible.
Tim Pollard » posted 2007/04/08 03:17 pm  
Lol...ok...ok.your rite..but my male kenyi is that color...when he waz small he waz blue just like the female kenyi I have in the tank with him but now he is changing over to a golden yellow... I posted a pic of him already..take a look

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