Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => Old World => Topic started by: nismo_sky28 on August 18, 2012, 05:59:13 PM

Title: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: nismo_sky28 on August 18, 2012, 05:59:13 PM
Just picked up some juvies of these guys. It's looking like I have 2 males and 4 females. I'm pretty excited to see the drastic color change of the males once they start maturing.
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: Regalblue on August 18, 2012, 06:21:58 PM
Cool,  Msobo are one of my favorite Mbuna. 

Let's see some pictures though
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: Rob S on August 18, 2012, 07:44:17 PM
Yeah, these are some of my favorites too. Keep us posted.
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: nismo_sky28 on August 18, 2012, 09:19:06 PM
Will do. They might not be the best pics because I'll be using my phone. Any suggestions on a third harder to find mbuna to go with the williamsi and msobo would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: auratus on August 20, 2012, 09:14:26 PM
Nice fish,    reminds me of Johani  ,  I keep  my Williamsi north    Kwanga gold zebras    I do have some small fry    will be avalible someday soon.........
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: nismo_sky28 on August 21, 2012, 08:47:08 PM
My male that is starting to color morph doesn't seem to like his pic taken but I got a group pic with four of them in it. Thinking about grabbing 4 more in hopes of pulling 2 more females
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: beach on November 21, 2012, 03:54:24 PM
beautiful color on those!!   make sure you post your males when they develop- 8) Looking forward to those pics too!
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: nismo_sky28 on December 02, 2012, 08:11:43 PM
Will do. Work around the holiday season has been keeping me busy so I haven't gotten the chance to do so yet. Male hasn't done too much changing lately but still doesn't like his pic taken
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: Dan K on December 02, 2012, 09:43:16 PM
I'll be looking forward to your pics too. I just picked up 5 at about 1.5 inches with no hint of color change yet. I'm hoping for a good breeding ratio. How large were yours when they began to show some change?
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: nismo_sky28 on December 02, 2012, 10:25:54 PM
At that size my male started getting the bar between his eyes and the front of his dorsal fin was light blue. At around two inches he started showing hints of blue on his sides. Nothing drastic yet but I'm hoping I'll see some change within the next inch. He's already trying to woo his ladies
Title: Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
Post by: Dan K on December 03, 2012, 06:36:18 AM
Quote from: nismo_sky28 on December 02, 2012, 10:25:54 PM
At that size my male started getting the bar between his eyes and the front of his dorsal fin was light blue. At around two inches he started showing hints of blue on his sides. Nothing drastic yet but I'm hoping I'll see some change within the next inch. He's already trying to woo his ladies

cool thanks! I just looked very closely at mine and 2 of the 5 have a bit of blue at the front of the dorsal.