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The picture of the father is very nice. Very good quality fish. Good non-blotched blue colour. Nice and stump forehead (pointy head is another sign of inbreeding). 2 drawbacks: - You'll have to take one fish of the list. More than 4 species in your tank would be risky, IMHO. - At that size they'll be impossible to sex, so you'll have to get more. I'd recommend getting (if he still has that much) the 10 for 15 dollar deal. That way you'll be able to see them grow and select the ones you want to keep when they've grown. You can then just sell of give away the spares to the LFS. And then you'll still be cheaper off, considering then you'll have 1m/3f or something for 15 dollars, which you'll never find in any store.
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22-05-2007, 15:19
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so they're not too small for my tank with the current fish being ~ 2-2.5" (5-6.5 cm)
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22-05-2007, 16:38
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22-05-2007, 20:09
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 16.3KB. They were priced @ $3.99 each and I was hesitant to get them and then the girl told me that tomorrow is buy one get one free day. So I'll go back tomorrow and get 6 and hope that I don't get all males or all females. $12 for 6 fish isn't that bad
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22-05-2007, 21:16
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I wish I could get fish that cheaply in the UK, I'd have to pay that much for Neon Tetras!
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23-05-2007, 10:34
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2 things about M. cyaneorhabdos: - The males can be quite aggressive. - Difference between sexes is quite hard to see. When buying them, make absolutely sure you select the fish. If at all possible, leave the largest and most aggressive fish at the LFS. If you can try picking one very dark specimin (very black, with bright blue bars) and 5 lighter fish (greyish black, with less bright blue bars). The dark one is certainly a male, and the lighter ones will either be females or suppressed males. Without venting, this species is almost impossible to sex. If you turn out to have more than one male, you will most likely have to remove the excess males later on, because they will not tolerate eachother.
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I ended up only getting 5 of them instead of 6. The cichlid guy stated that the rift lakes are semi-brackish not freshwater and therefore don't qualify for the buy one get one free deal. HE did knock a dollar off of each one so I paid $15 fo 5. I also asked him about the socolofi and he said that the price that I'd pay with shipping is a little less than what he'd charge. I'm planning on getting the $10 for $15 deal next week or the week after.
The M. cyaneorhabdos were pretty neat to watch from the tank at the LFS to my tank. They went from distinctly colorful to super pale back to colorful. Granted they aren't as colorful as they were in the store but I also still have my lights off. Also on a uber-cool note... my tank is completely cycled. I have 0 nitrites and 10 ppm nitrates after the 15% water change before adding the fish tonight. I checked the hardness and the KH is 7° and the GH is ~ 9° so I added some more buffer. My pH is ~8-8.2. So I'm ready to learn how not to kill fish 
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 Brackish water is where rivers enter the sea, etc. Still, 5 for $15 is a fine price. Now just hope that there are at least 2-3 females among them. Quote:
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The guy at the fish store is simply wrong. Those lakes are not brackish...take that from a Aquatic and fisheries Biologist. He just needs to not feed you BS and tell you they are not included.
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