I was thinking of buying one of these any info. would be helpful. Aggression? Are they gonna eat all my other cichlids? I've heard a few things about their beek type mouth.
Exochromis anagenys
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They are pretty docile and are quickly stressed out.
Once they feel at home in the aquarium you should have some really nice fish.
You have 2 different strains of these Anagenys, the northern and the southern. The northern one gets more greyish/silver and grows larger. While the southern one is the more yellow one
Once they feel at home in the aquarium you should have some really nice fish.
You have 2 different strains of these Anagenys, the northern and the southern. The northern one gets more greyish/silver and grows larger. While the southern one is the more yellow one
Great fish, I love mine!!! They are very well behaved, they leave all the other fish alone and sometimes even my big male gets out of one of my peacocks way. Being a predator you need to have them with bigger fish, if you think they can fit a fish in their mouth they will probably try.
Wimmels is right, whenever I have had to move or transport them they lose all color and stay like that for a few weeks but once comfortable they can be beautiful! Wimmels, which variant do you think I have? Yellow?
Top 3 favorite fish for me.
Some days the male is mostly purple and his spots go away:
and sometimes he looks like this:
female:
Wimmels is right, whenever I have had to move or transport them they lose all color and stay like that for a few weeks but once comfortable they can be beautiful! Wimmels, which variant do you think I have? Yellow?
Top 3 favorite fish for me.
Some days the male is mostly purple and his spots go away:
and sometimes he looks like this:
female:
These fish are better kept in groups. My friend has a group 0f 3 males and 4 females and they are doing really fine
I just ordered one male, I was under the impression that more than one male would fight all the time. They are $30 a piece and getting one sounded a whole lot better LOL .How many males did your buddy have Wimmels?
As I said he kept and keeps a group of the Anagenys, I believe I even turned around the numbers in my previous post.
He keeps 4 males I believe, along with a few females. 1 male is completely dominant and in full colors. The largest is only coloring lightly and the rest look like females. And he has absoulutely no aggression in the group
He keeps 4 males I believe, along with a few females. 1 male is completely dominant and in full colors. The largest is only coloring lightly and the rest look like females. And he has absoulutely no aggression in the group