Cherry Red Zebras?

Subject: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:29 pm

these are some speedy guys couldn't get some good pics with my webcam but by the end of the week i will try and get some with my digital camera picked them up today at a LFS labeled as Cherry Red Zebras i wanted to show them off and have a positive id on them

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:31 am

Look like red zebras, Metriaclima estherae.

WYite

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:03 am

yeah i thought it was a selling name but they are beautiful and i love them

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:50 pm

They are gorgeous!! Love the bright color!!

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:32 pm

Definately Metriaclima estherae (Red) I have a bout 6-7 of those but 3 of mine ar OB! Nice the tank looks good as well as those fish!

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:07 pm

thanks Ky and MC i saw some OB red zebras or that's what they were labeled but she was holding and i didnt want to take her out of her tank and she was kinda beat up

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:20 pm

would a BN pleco go good in a mbuna tank? or what do you suggest to put in the bottom of the tank in terms of bottom feeders?

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:01 pm

Well in my experience plecos dont do well in Mbuna tanks. If you are going to put a pleco in BN would be a better choice, just make sure it is a larger one. Mbuna will keep the tank free of algae as they will eat it off of the tank where it grows. A better choice would be a few syno cats that stay small. They are pigs and will keep the food that falls to the bottom cleaned up.

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:41 pm

ok i willpick up some syno cats in a few weeks this tank was just started and is cycling with some live fish and want to wait a little bit before i start really stocking it

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:32 pm

im thinking about getting some OB zebras from Fin2u.com. 2 questions would red zebras and OB zebras be ok together and does this site look ok to get fish from?

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:02 am

OBs and Reds will do fine together as long as you don't care if they inbreed. In other words, you would not be able to sell the offspring as pure Reds or OBs.

Mark

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:32 pm

yeah i dont have a problem with hybrids am actually kind of interested to see what they will look like. The only thing holding me back is the website idk if i can trust them

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat May 02, 2009 3:27 pm

well i went to my LFS and picked up a bumblebee and a syndontis cat and they are so far co-existing

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 08, 2009 8:45 pm

since mbuna need a high vegetable content diet is giving them raw vegetables a good idea and if it is what kind of vegetables are best?

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 08, 2009 9:12 pm

Zuchinni, Shelled peas, just about any greens as long as they are fresh and not processed.

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 08, 2009 9:14 pm

ok because the tank boss aka biggest red zebra for some reason doesnt like to eat the flakes

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sat May 09, 2009 5:05 pm

Pellets...but on a side note I have never seen a Mbuna not eat anything thrown into the tank.....I would use pellets for larger Mbuna.

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Sun May 10, 2009 8:07 pm

ok i wouldnt call him a "larger" mbuna yet, but i think he's afraid of losing territory so he waits and very little food gets down to him so i will try some new foods

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Thu May 14, 2009 3:09 pm

does anyone think that a bumblebee and a red zebra could cross breed every day i think more and more about wanting to cros breed these 2. has anyone ever heard of these 2 ever cross breeding?

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Thu May 14, 2009 6:15 pm

It is possible, but not likely!

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Thu May 14, 2009 7:58 pm

ok u might be seeing one of the zebras and bumble bee pairing up thy are always together

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 15, 2009 6:47 pm

well i lost what i thought was the dominant male but he wasnt he was the biggest but the smaller zebra didnt really like him was gonna switch him if i ever saw bad signs of being beat up and when i saw him after school today it was too late. But i havent yet seen the dominant zebra try and take ou the bumble bee yet will have to watch them closer this weekend

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 15, 2009 6:50 pm

I would recommend getting several more Cichlids to add to the tank....Stocking just a few Mbuna is going to result in the most dominant fish likely killing everyone. You need more fish to spread around the aggression when stocking Mbuna Cichlids.

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 15, 2009 6:53 pm

bumbble bees are more aggresive than zebras in my experience but i agree with mc, heavy stockage.

Subject: Re: Cherry Red Zebras? Fri May 15, 2009 11:48 pm

ok thanks for the advice hoefully by memorial day weekend i can pick up a few africans

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