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Mnesarchus
09-19-2002, 09:43 AM
I'm not sure what lake my Cichlid is from. He is an orange Kenyi Cichlid who lives alone in a 5.5 bowfront. He has been alone for over 2 months when I removed the other cichlid in the tank. Every 3 weeks or so, a large lump appears underneath his jaw. It usually goes away after 3 or 4 days. During the time when he has the lump, he wont eat and it particularily aggresive.

What is going on?
chennes
09-19-2002, 10:55 AM
Are you sure he is a 'he'?

Chris
Noelemac
09-19-2002, 12:35 PM
I agree, what's the proof it's a he? Sounds like a she, being a mouth brooder, they keep the eggs in their mouth till hatched.
CichlidPete
09-19-2002, 02:27 PM
Well the original post mentions that the fish is alone in the tank so actually hatching the eggs isn't gonna happen but she may be holding unfertilized eggs.
jonah
09-19-2002, 03:04 PM
For that matter, they sometimes hold gravel too.

5.5 g is awful small for a cichlid.

"Orange kenyi cichlid" might be a female red zebra since kenyii aren't orange.
Mnesarchus
09-19-2002, 04:44 PM
I dont know its sex or species. It was sold as KENYI, is there anything else this lump could be?
Noelemac
09-19-2002, 05:05 PM
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jonah
09-19-2002, 08:55 PM
The described behavior sure sounds like holding eggs. I can't think of anything else that it might be.

The fish may be Pseudotropheus Kenyii which is now known as Maylandia lombardoi (I think?). If I remember right, the females are blue with dark vertical bars while the males are yellow with dark vertical bars. I actually have some, but they've never bred and I can't remember the sexes for sure without looking it up. If you Google searched "kenyii" or "lombardoi" it would get you pictures to compare with your fish.

A red zebra (Maylandi estherae) looks like kenyii, but most of them are a striking orange color (like goldfish). Some males are blue, but most look like the orange female.
CichlidPete
09-19-2002, 09:35 PM
Does it look like this. M Estherae (Red Zebra) Male on bottom now peach colored.

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2002-09-19/1320-001.jpg
Mnesarchus
09-20-2002, 08:32 AM
Yeah it looks like that. Except with the lump, of course.
SGypsyMermaid
09-20-2002, 12:38 PM
this is what my male kennyi/lombardoi looks like:

http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/focus/fishd.gif