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#1 kristof

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Posted 04 March 2017 - 05:43 PM

Hey all

I've got a colony of duboisi that I've had for about 18 months. Just about all have coloured up now. My question is, with quite a lot of them the yellow bar behind their head isn't as full or define as I've seen in pictures of other duboisi. It appears to be kind of smudged with black. Do you think that as they get older it will become more define or are they just of poor quality.

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#2 tropheus

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Posted 04 March 2017 - 05:46 PM

Age and stress levels are the biggest factors regarding the barring. Tropheus are not really that much different to any other cichlids species


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#3 kristof

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Posted 04 March 2017 - 06:26 PM

All seem happy enough doing their tropheus thing. The boss ( not that he's overly bossy) has the most black in his bar. I guess I'll have to wait and see if it changes as they get older.

#4 Stormfyre

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Posted 04 March 2017 - 07:21 PM

So this is the same with Tropheus as other cichlids, They don't all look amazing. Dominant always looks best, darker, more vibrant, more distinct patterns. Others who step start looking good too. So in my tanks there is 5 males and 4/5 look good once they have distinct areas and start stepping up to the plate. Rest are average looking.



#5 dazzabozza

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Posted 05 March 2017 - 08:06 PM

Got any pics Kristof?

I've found they can look a bit muddy around the stage of losing their white dots.

#6 thecheif

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Posted 19 March 2017 - 12:23 AM

From the many colonys I have it is normal .

The colour intensity I beleive is based on hierarchy so the males competing to knock the other dominant or sub dominate males down will have the best most accurate colours . The other ones including females that have the least colour or patterns are at the bottom of the tree and you can work the rest out from here yourself.

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