paretroplus menarambo juvenile?

[nicktc]

I acquired 18pcs of these incher paretroplus last week.

I think they are menarambo juveniles, but I need some confirmation.

Here’s a closeup view of one of them.

Thanks

[sidguppy]

they look like it, would be great because this species is still quite rare

I just googled the species and there were quite some fish wich looked exactly like yours.

did you check the site of de Madagascar group? http://madagroup.francecichlid.com/arti ... g=en&pg=42

[duanest]

Might be, most of the damba look similar when young. Here's one of my 12" menerambo. They are best kept in a group of at least 6 in a large tank, they get aggressive with and tend to kill each other when separated from a group.

[sidguppy]

That's why I plan to keep at least 10 Paretroplus of a single species.

but it's not that weird; we should be used to cichlids that kill each other when the group's too small....Petrochromis, Tropheus, Simochromis, Pseudosimochromis, Eretmodus, Melanochromis, Pseudotropheus, Metriaclima etc etc
all of these turn on each other when you keep 5 or so, some of them even need to be kept with at least 12 or the whole group will implode

it still doesn't keep people from breeding them. Tropheus for example are very popular, so are many Mbuna's.