Red Dovii progress pics.
- Thread starter Andy woods cichlids uk
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I'm happy with the growth of the dominant male. Some of the remaining fish are half the size. Hopefully they will put on some size now they have been removed from the dominance of the bigger male.
Someone posted this photo of a wild caught .
My pair are already a foot long. I sent a tank full of one inch fry Dow to Kevin at Tangled Up. In Cichlids. The fry development is very interesting. From the batch, some of them quickly turned completely white, others as they grew. Some are starting to be mottled...others keeping the dark colors. Brings to mind an interesting question.
I’ve been wondering if the fish that turned white Meant stronger genetic line....or nothing at all. The flipside of that is that, in the wild, a fish that would turn white first would probably be eaten. So the opposite would be true. The fish that eventually got bigger and the turned might have an advantage...aesthetically speaking.
One of the things that always sticks in my mind is an entire batch of fry for large predatory Cichlid will be cut down to only a few surviving to adulthood. Survival of the fittest. As Hobbyist we collect all the fry,
the good the bad and the ugly. So it’s luck of the draw, probably with the odds in your favor, that you might get a genetically weaker fish. It doesn’t keep me up at night. Lol. It just there. I typically leave any fry in tanks with parent a long time to let them weed out the losers. From what I’ve learned the red will breed true to a ratio of 90/10.
Anyway...they’re available now at TUIC. Here’s mom and dad.
I just realized this was an older post. That "someone" that posted was Andy himself. 
Interesting fish.
Interesting fish.
Definitely interesting to think about. I'm sure that's why these were so rare for so long in the trade. Also makes me wonder what may come from them years from now in the hobby if people are selecting from fry that otherwise would have had very low odds of survival in the wild.
I can tell you already that I have a couple that have eye issues. Fish were totally fine when normal coloration. Faded at 4-5" and now they are blind. Happened to 2 of my 6. Talked with some breeders and they mentioned 1-2% going blind after fading, and they specifically mentioned not selling unfaded fry due to the chance (however small) of them going blind when they did fade.
Out of my batch of 6 the early peelers are now all white. The last one to peel is now the biggest strongest and most colourful.
I believe the reds on these fish are getting weeker and weeker as there constantly bred together. After all they must be all related right back to Mauricio parra's wild caught pair back in 2014.
I'm going to try to breed my best female with a blue to see if I can get some stronger colours, just like Mauricio's original wild pair.
I believe the reds on these fish are getting weeker and weeker as there constantly bred together. After all they must be all related right back to Mauricio parra's wild caught pair back in 2014.
I'm going to try to breed my best female with a blue to see if I can get some stronger colours, just like Mauricio's original wild pair.
Seems to be going through a second peeling transformation. Starting to get black marking which fade to orange. Finally I'm seeing some orange on the top half of his body. Not good pics, but you can see what's happening.
First pic a month ago, second pic taken a couple of days ago. He's now 8 to 9 inch.
First pic a month ago, second pic taken a couple of days ago. He's now 8 to 9 inch.
