Cyp fry, and more shellie fry of course...

[mnemenoi]

I believe he sold them, but I see cyps on here fairly regularly. I will say that Frontosa naturally eat cyps as a major part of their diet in the wild, so usually they only work out while the fronts are tiny and cyps are larger.

[R_sustaita]

Tim has the hook ups on everything.

[LooksLater]

We got ours from Tim, but I'm not sure if he has them anymore...

[R_sustaita]

where did you get them? once i get my 75 if i do. it will be a tang tank. shelties are cover. fronts are cover, but still looking for some nice cyps.

[LooksLater]

Nice vid...

Your camera was probably trying to focus on the glass...

That makes sense, and considering I don't clean it too close to the multies' shells it's no wonder I can't get it to focus there properly...

thank you, those are nice fish. my bro has like 6 cyps but they look more like the others ones. just single color but yours look great.

Thanks. I don't know a ton about cyps in general, but these we have are another case of where the females are pretty bland; one color. And the males- especially the dominant male- color up really nicely in the head and tail. Hee hee, pretty boys.

[R_sustaita]

thank you, those are nice fish. my bro has like 6 cyps but they look more like the others ones. just single color but yours look great.

[sunkenmetal]

Nice vid...

Your camera was probably trying to focus on the glass...

[LooksLater]

Thanks! My camera is having trouble focusing in this vid, I'm not really sure why.
Yes, those are the adults. Cyprichromis leptosoma- mpimbwe 'Black Bee'.

[R_sustaita]

nice video Sasha. bice babies. i have one question the ones with yellow tails and black fins are those also Cyps?

[LooksLater]

We have Cyp fry- 3 that made it, one other that escaped from the breeder net before we re-homed the Frontosa, and got snacked on I'm sure. The front has been re-homed (thanks, Mark!), so now the fry are safe to roam the tank... it's been so fun watching them. They are eating well and usually stick together over in the left corner- so cute!- so I took a vid for everybody:

And the Multies are punching them out pretty well...now they're on the third batch of fry and Bugsy (don't ask- and yes, they all have silly names! ), the crazy momma on the left is taking care of them really well now, I'm proud of her!

Now I'm crossing my fingers for the Gobies to be next...