Red Zebra's have teeth?

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Sym;1183277; said:
lol your africans actually bite you?

I saw an african today at a store I went to... Looked like a Placidochromis Milomo, about 8" long, glassbanger, went nuts when I walked by. Never got a price for him, but i was kinda interested.
 
Onion01;1183284; said:
nip at my arm when I rearrange stuff

Its kinda funny how africans are such little beasts untill you put em in a community with a couple central american brutes and then they completly behave themselves:)
 
Sym;1183297; said:
Its kinda funny how africans are such little beasts untill you put em in a community with a couple central american brutes and then they completly behave themselves:)


You know, a long time ago my first aggressive fish were Africans, and not ONE of them was a brute with me, the most they ever did was not be frightened of my hand when they were fully grown, I wish they would bite me... Hell, my FH wont bite me either, he'll bit my friends and family... but not me, lol.
 
that is why I love SA cichlids. They all come out with tails wagging when I am near the tank, and sulk when anybody else tries to feed them
 
yeh red zebras have teeth alright and they stick out like sore noses ! i have also been niped even acasionally at feeding time but i do agree keep then out of this section
 
Sym;1183297; said:
Its kinda funny how africans are such little beasts untill you put em in a community with a couple central american brutes and then they completly behave themselves:)
ive seen2" africans bullying 7" GTs
 
mbunafishkeeper;1184132; said:
yeh red zebras have teeth alright and they stick out like sore noses ! i have also been niped even acasionally at feeding time but i do agree keep then out of this section

Well that definantly explains how he shreaded my electric blue ahli so fast.
 
Mbuna have a number of teeth. They use them to scrape algae and other items that build up on rocks. They're not used to pierce but to scrape.
I had a 7" P. crabro nearly scrape a birthmark off my arm while moving some rocks around in the tank. It stung, it bled, it was interesting.
 
so we know they have teeth, and lets keep africans and the other seperate, so people know where to go to help each other... and the african section gets plenty of traffic....
 
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