red zebra cichlids ??

do red zebra cichlids get get a stronger colour red because right now mine are more of a orange i just got these today

 

I'm not really sure. I did a search for some pics and all the ones I found were more of an orange. They will probably get to be a reddish orange, but probably not a true red (sort of like a "red" oscar).

-Chelle

 

Maybe they males are more red, or maybe they only turn red when mating :lol:

 

:shock:
I see, the male is way far from red, unless you count the rare one.

 

when do they delovp these colors a mine are still small about this big
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yes they are a yellow orange

 

thats the closest to what i could find

 

I hate it when the guys at the LFS gives you a male when you asked for a female or the other way around. They are supposed to know the difference but sometimes the customer is more informed than them. Sigh

 

In their defence, it's not always easy to tell since most of the fish they get in are about 1" and sexually dimorphic species generally don't start changing colors until they're about 2". So that just leaves venting which can be difficult with fish that small and someone who doesn't have a lot of practice.

FWIW, I have females named Larry, Hardy, Fred, Elvis, and George and a male named Ginger.

-Chelle

 

Now come to think of it, that's true. But why don't they tell us that they can't tell the difference yet?

 

well, it depends on the petstore, if they have many animals in the store they could be from a diff. section and just be helping and if it is just a fish store than they might just not be aswell informed.

 

well i hope get to see my cichlids breed all i ever have that have had breed are guppies and mollies so i am hoping for my cichlids to breed