Pseudotropheus First Spawn

[PowerCerg One]

After returning home from the Oyers' last friday, I noticed one of my Orange Pseudotropheus was holding! Glad I learned about that. Thanks again guys! I believe they are Pseudotropheus Estherae, but when I bought them they were listed as Orange Pseudotropheus.

[Ron]

Congrats!

The technical name as I see it is "M. estherae". Once upon a time they were Pseudotropheus. Common names of "Red Zebra", "Orange Pseudotropheus", etc, still abound.

Here's some reading describing a little more information about  you might find interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maylandia

^ Once you've read that, you'll see why I choose to use "M." ... personally I sided with Maylandia over Metriaclima, but keeping limiting it to an abbreviation makes everyone happy. 

[PowerCerg One]

^ Once you've read that, you'll see why I choose to use "M." ... personally I sided with Maylandia over Metriaclima, but keeping limiting it to an abbreviation makes everyone happy. 

Haha, very diplomatic of you. The M. Estherae does appear to be my fish. Thanks for the ID

[PowerCerg One]

I have stripped the mother and the babies seem fine!

[Ron]

Cool! How many did you get?

[PowerCerg One]

I got twelve. It seems high!

[Dan K]

I got twelve. It seems high!

not bad for a first spawn but if these are fully grown you can expect 30+

[SKISWETPETS]

Nice, My first spawn there were only 4. And only 3 actually made it. Parents were quite young tho.