1m/1f petro marco red dorsal

[myjohnson]

Bonus features

1) Petrochromis famula "chimba"



2) Petrochromis polyoden



3) Petrochromis marcognathus "zambia" (recovering for the beat down of her life)



been under my care for a week. Eats flakes still has no idea what pellets are.

[myjohnson]

Exhibit 1; male



Exhibit 2; male



Exhibit 3; female



Exhibit 4; female

[fshfrk]

What's up!!!

[Gene D]

dude, it's 2 am and i'm at my apartment already!

Tomorrow....i promise.

post up thai!!!

[TROPHS4LIFE]

pics thai come on get out that camera,better send a few with the pollis if theres any kickin around when the time comes,nice fish man,two thumbs up!

[cichlid1409]

i got a bunch of troph fry in there for dither, its like a mini troph/petro colony tank

[myjohnson]

they are in my fry tank for now, i will put them in the 125 when they get a little bigger. im trying to weed out the males anyways. survival of the fittest

Might get away with just keeping them in that tank.

Ditter fish just helps a lot!

Also, I don't know why these petros are getting the "sp. marco rainbow" label.

As petro marcoganthus is already an official grouping. Also, it appears the sp. marco rainbow are closer related to the polyodon (which is also already an official grouping).

[myjohnson]

sounds cool...now wheres the pics?

dude, it's 2 am and I'm at my apartment already!

Tomorrow....I promise.

[cichlid1409]

You need a bigger tank!

they are in my fry tank for now, i will put them in the 125 when they get a little bigger. im trying to weed out the males anyways. survival of the fittest

[cichlid1409]

sounds cool...now wheres the pics?

[newb]

its true Mike. I bought these guys in hopes of adding them to my colony, but they came in and looked different then what I had. The dorsal has a hint of blue in it, and not near the yellow tint in the jaw area as the ones I already owned.

[myjohnson]

doing great! a couple fry (males?) were going at it hardcore yesterday for about 30 secs. biting lips and thrashing it was crazy to see 2" petros go at it like that.

You need a bigger tank!

[myjohnson]

not happy.... i want pics of YOUR fish I got a male and 10 fry 10 ft away if i just wanna look at some.

Not the same fish bro!

You and Randell have petrochromis sp. marcoganthus rainbow "kipili". The one I got is collected near that area but it has red fins and not has much yellow on the underside.

Also, if you remember the study I just posted...petros do a good amount of moving (compared to tropheus) so collection point is not as morph determinative as with tropheus.

[newb]

I had a female spit out 4 fry the other day that were not much bigger than normal tropheus fry...I guess the mother to yours just really didnt want to let them go!

[cichlid1409]

doing great! a couple fry (males?) were going at it hardcore yesterday for about 30 secs. biting lips and thrashing it was crazy to see 2" petros go at it like that.