Livingstonii's

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  1. johan008

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    Is there anyone who's got livingstonii's and tell me if you have breeding pairs the reason I am asking is I got 3 of them and it seems like I got 1 male and 2 females the suspected male is turning blue almost his hole body but the other 2 stays the same colour their sizes is male 5-7 cm and suspected females 3-5

    Are they ready to breed or to small :eek:
     
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    Come choose and catch.
    You r more than welcome.
     
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    Hi Slojo
    what you asking for a pair of them?
     
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    I have a males only tank.So no pairs unfortunately.I need to thin out.

    For free if u keep malawis
     
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    great were in pretoria are situated pm me
     
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    These are those fish that grow to be absolutely massive? The ones I got rid of in my Malawi tank because they would murder everything else eventually?
     
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    What size did they grow and in size tank were they
     
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    That is true but they look so AWESOME!!!

    How big do you think they will grow in a 2m x 600 x800 tank?
     
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    I was think of taking one of my 2m tanks and converting it to a Malawi tank with those fish in
     
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    and some frontosa's :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
     
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    Frontoasa's arent malawis
     
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    true.... but it would look good
     
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    I hope I dont have the "kat by die g@t beet nie" but I think my female is holding, she is not eating and she is on her own most of the time is this a sign
     
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    If I recall these guys get upwards of 40cm.
     
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    My female is holding and I want to know how long do they take to breed out and when can or should I milk her
     
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    eh wha? milk a fish? :confused:
     
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    to milk a fish means you take the female out the tank and put her into a holding tank and you "force" her moth open so that she will release the fry that she keeps in her mouth.
     
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    ah, okay, by force, you mean through the condition of leaving her alone in a holding tank, or does one squeeze the poor thing?
     
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    Lol..i think u guys mean STRIP the female,not milk her:)
     
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    Strip, Milk all the same in Potch. :)
    @ferryman you have to open her mouth to release the fry...
     

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