Subj : Another Female In The Tank
To   : All
From : Jeff Snyder
Date : Tue Jun 08 2010 10:58 pm

Over the last few months, I've been keeping a close eye on a few of the fry
from Mama Mbuna's earlier spawns, hoping to determine whether they are male
or female. While the females of this species of mbuna is considerably
lighter in color than the males, and have traces of yellow in their body and
fins, the presence of egg spots on the anal fin is usually an indication
that they are males, regardless of their other body features.

I've been watching maybe three or four of these "question mark" fish, and
this morning I received a clear answer concerning one of them. Upon waking
up from a nap early this afternoon, I discovered that one of these fish,
which is about two and a half inches long, is holding eggs in her throat.
The reason why I wasn't sure about her until now, is because she does have
one slight egg spot on the edge of her anal fin; but other than that, she
is light-colored, and I would say has more yellow tint in her body than her
mother, Mama Mbuna.

As a result of this discovery today, I have become more convinced that some
of the others -- perhaps another three or four at this point -- will also
turn out to be females.

Boy, is that larger tank becoming even more tempting!  :)



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