Tropheus Duboisi - Growth rate

[mikevxr]

Picture of my Tropheus Duboisi growth rate from Feb 2018 to June 2018 - 4 months.

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[gturmindright]

Is that one in the back getting a stripe?

[pseuro]

Pretty sure the one at the back is not a duboisi. Although the blurry one on the left looks like its getting a stripe!

[mikevxr]

Well spotted sir - I've some Bemba fry sharing their tank space unfortunately the Duboisi are slightly larger and have been picking on the Bemba. I will post. Some pics of the Duboisi later as a few have their white bands just starting to come in.

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[thefishdaddy]

Mike, I'm exactly in the same boat as you I purchased Maswa's from Andrew 4 months ago and I have them mixed with larger Bemba's they too are starting to show their stripes and blue face some are half the size probably females.

[mikevxr]

I think my problem was the Bemba are smaller than Duboisi and some of the larger Duboisi are picking on the smaller Bemba males - I've lost two young males because of this. I've now taken the Bemba out and put in a large group of Bulu Piont which are closer in size and they seem to be coexisting well together