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Offline nismo_sky28

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Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« 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.
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40 breeder soon to be salty fish with live rock, possibly adding some lps and soft corals after

Offline Regalblue

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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2012, 06:21:58 PM »
Cool,  Msobo are one of my favorite Mbuna. 

Let's see some pictures though
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Offline Rob S

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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2012, 07:44:17 PM »
Yeah, these are some of my favorites too. Keep us posted.
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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #3 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.
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55 gallon PS. williamsi north, elongatus chewere and syndontis petricola

40 breeder synodontis petricola with an asian twist. A pair of chinese vermillion gobies and a trio of betta splendens.

40 breeder soon to be salty fish with live rock, possibly adding some lps and soft corals after

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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #4 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.........
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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #5 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
« Last Edit: August 21, 2012, 08:49:05 PM by nismo_sky28 »
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55 gallon PS. williamsi north, elongatus chewere and syndontis petricola

40 breeder synodontis petricola with an asian twist. A pair of chinese vermillion gobies and a trio of betta splendens.

40 breeder soon to be salty fish with live rock, possibly adding some lps and soft corals after

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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #6 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!
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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #7 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
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55 gallon PS. williamsi north, elongatus chewere and syndontis petricola

40 breeder synodontis petricola with an asian twist. A pair of chinese vermillion gobies and a trio of betta splendens.

40 breeder soon to be salty fish with live rock, possibly adding some lps and soft corals after

Offline Dan K

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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #8 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?
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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #9 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
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55 gallon PS. williamsi north, elongatus chewere and syndontis petricola

40 breeder synodontis petricola with an asian twist. A pair of chinese vermillion gobies and a trio of betta splendens.

40 breeder soon to be salty fish with live rock, possibly adding some lps and soft corals after

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Re: Metriaclima sp. "Msobo"
« Reply #10 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.
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