RE: Paratilapia Polleni

["Hess, Clay A" <Clay.Hess@PSS.Boeing.com>]

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> From:         Hess, Clay A[SMTP:Clay.Hess@pss.boeing.com]
> Reply To:     gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Sent:         Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:15 PM
> To:   'gsas-board@thekrib.com'
> Cc:   'Heather'
> Subject:      RE: Paratilapia Polleni
> 
> Good Afternoon Fellow Fishheads,
> 
> I have attached an interesting question from Heather.  Could one of you 
> please help to answer this question with what you know, or, provide her with 
> a name of someone that might be able to help her?  Please cc me on the 
> response as I want to make sure that Heather gets some sort of answer to 
> this.  
> 
> 
> 
> Thanx for the help,
> 
> Clay Hess
> GSAS President
> 
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> > From:       Heather[SMTP:heather@comcoa.com]
> > Sent:       Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:28 PM
> > To:         'jaholme1@ix.netcom.com'
> > Subject:    Paratilapia Polleni
> > 
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > I am looking for anyone with information regarding the Paratilapia Polleni 
> > (small spot).  About a month ago I bought one at a fish store, and was told 
> > he had gotten two as a pair but both were males.  After reading some, I 
> > bought the other male and put him in the tank.  The first is a lighter 
> > brown color with rounded fins whose spots are small.  The second is jet 
> > black with fins that come to a point and has pin hole size spots.  Are 
> > these differences due to sex, genetics, or are they two different species? 
> > (One being a bleekeri -- it has small spots but they are not pin hole size 
> > like the black one)  I have tried e-mailing a lot of people and no one 
> > knows much or where to buy more polleni.  I do know that these fish were 
> > "friendly" when I introduced them.  Swimming together, moving dirt, and 
> > such and that was within the first few hours.  The brown fish is slightly 
> > larger than the black one and now the black one is getting its fins 
> > shredded, but as I have learned this species is ornery towards each other 
> > even with mates.  So is this normal behavior and will seperating and 
> > reintroducing work, or will I have to get others so that they can find 
> > compatible mates.  Or are they both males like the store owner said (he had 
> > the polleni mispelled <poledi> and he doesn't know about these fish so I 
> > don't know how reliable his judgement is)
> > 
> > Any help you can send my way would be most appreciative.  I have had 
> > success breeding cichlids in the past (Jack Dempseys and Red Jewels), and I 
> > have 3-4 stores that I can sell fish to.  Being as the polleni is rare and 
> > so far is a challenge, it is one I would like to undertake but have come up 
> > against a brick wall.  The few "experts" that I have found that had 
> > information on these fish, have not e-mailed back.
> > 
> > So any response, even if its you don't know, will be most appreciative.
> > 
> > Thanks a bunch, Heather MacKay
> > 
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