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Post by Micheal Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:57 pm

Recent Shots of my Afra Puulu
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As young adults just starting to color up
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Post by football mom Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:55 pm

Those guys look great.

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Post by Micheal Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:07 pm

They have easily become one of my best looking fish. Its a mystery to me why they are not more popular in the hobby.
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Post by football mom Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:45 pm

That's the way I feel about the Astatotilapia latifasciata. The males and females both look good, they are not hard on each other, are lively and don't hide, and breed like crazy!

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Post by theswede Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:12 pm

Stunning Afra! Love the color. Do u have any pics of an adult female?
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Post by Chrisg12887 Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:09 am

These are very nice!!!!!!
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Post by Micheal Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:15 am

I don't have any pics but I will get some this week. To me the are one of the best afra's because the males are really nice in color and the females have at least a little color.
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Post by preacherboy Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:25 pm

I haven't kept the Afra's yet, but I would love
to get my hands on some like these.

The blue color is amazing!
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Post by Micheal Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:44 pm

Hakan sorry about taking so long for the female pics. I got very aggrevated with myself on the tank cause I let my holding female spit in the tank. I did manage to tear down the tank to get one fry but man I was hoping for more.
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Post by cichlidman Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:06 am

Great color on that stuff..
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Post by Will Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:45 pm

They are looking amazing Mike. I remember when I had them and they were an inch you grew them nicely.

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Post by Micheal Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:11 pm

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Hakan in the photos you can see some of the females.
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Post by Drake-tripod Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:13 pm

nice teeth shot on the end but a lil blurry keep trying
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Post by theswede Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:30 am

Micheal wrote:Afra Puulu Th_IMG_0979Afra Puulu Th_IMG_0978Afra Puulu Th_IMG_0977Afra Puulu Th_IMG_0982Afra Puulu Th_IMG_0980

Hakan in the photos you can see some of the females.


Sorry Michael that I missed your reply, but better late than never I guess. Yeah, the females looks good too.
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Post by tropicalfishsuccess Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:18 am

Great looking ones! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by football mom Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:56 pm

Got Fry?

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Post by Micheal Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:08 pm

No I ended up losing the one female as it turns out. She held for about 20 days before swallowing the fry. At the time I thought I had a mix of 4 males 4 females so I didn't know she would get so much attention cause I thought she had more females to help distract males. After she died I started moving out extra males to try to get my best looking male alone with the 3 I thought were female but every time I would pull another new colored up male out another thought to be female would color up.
Now I am on the look out for females or even some juvies to take my chances with again but so far no luck.
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Post by why_spyder Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:29 pm

Sorry for the loss of that female Michael, I understand how valuable those lone females are - had a few groups grow out that were all-male but one or two girls. They are so precious in those situations.
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Post by Micheal Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:35 pm

I know what you mean Brian. I had just looked at her the night before she swallowed and thought about stripping her but decided against it. If I would have known she was the lone female though I would have at least moved her to a nursery tank. Oh well, they make for a colorful tank in my 125 to have 7 males colored up until I find some females.
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Post by why_spyder Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:38 pm

I'll keep my eyes open for any Puulu's. Haven't seen too many of them around the web for sale - which is good (rarer species, woot!) and bad (makes finding more tough).
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