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3 Blue Moorii Dolphins

Item #1525990918

Current Auction Time: Fri May 17 02:38:42 2024

		Final:	$15.00		First Bid	$15.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	May 7 2018 - 10:21:58 AM		Location	Syracuse NY 13206 United States
		Ended	May 10 2018 - 05:21:58 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Cnyfe (2/4)
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		High Bidder	Paulek (220/225)
		Payment	Money Orders/Cashiers Check, Personal Checks, Visa/Mastercard, American Express PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to Continental United States Only Buyer Pays Actual Shipping Cost, See Item Description

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Description

Beautiful Blue Moorii Dolphin: Approximately 3 to 4 inches in size. Can not guarantee sex, but if you specify how many of each sex you prefer I'll do my best to select those sexes. If you would like more than 3, more are available at the average price per fish at the conclusion of the auction.

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About Blue Moorii Dolphins:

The Blue Moorii Cyrtocara moorii (previously Haplochromis moorii) is an exotic cichlid that comes from Lake Malawi in Africa. It gets to be rather large, reaching almost 10 inches (25.4 cm) in length. Its overall coloring is a beautiful blue with various amounts of black markings depending upon where each individual comes from. The body is compact and elongated with a rather elongated snout, and with age it develops a large bump on its head. The gorgeous color and interesting shape make this a wonderful show specimen for a large cichlid aquarium.

Whether its a male or a female, this cichlid develops a pronounced hump on its head as it matures. Tthis cranial hump is situated at the front of its body and just above and behind its cute pointy snout. These distinctive features make it look much like a dolphin, though much smaller. It has become commonly known as the Blue Dolphin Cichlid, Malawi Blue Dolphin, Hump-head, Blue Lumphead, Hap moorii, and Humphead Mouthbrooder.

The common name Hump-head does create a bit of confusion. This is a name more frequently used when referring to the Frontosa Cichlid Cyphotilapia frontosa, which is from Lake Tanganyika. This fish also develops a most impressive hump. These two cichlids do resemble each other in both shape and size, but can be distinguished by the all blue coloration found only on the Blue Moorii. The Frontosa has six or seven broad black stripes on a white background with its blues primarily on the fins and sometimes on the snout.

This is a more peaceful cichlid overall, but males can be aggressive towards other males of their own kind. They are a polygamous species and it is best to keep one male with at least three females. They are territorial when spawning, but unlike other cichlids they don't maintain a territory outside of breeding. This gentle giant is durable enough to keep with the more mild tempered Malawi cichlids. In a cichlid community tank, Peacock cichlids, haps, Frontosa, and Synodontis Lace make good tankmates, but they are also hearty enough to survive with South Americans and peaceful enough to keep in a non-agressive community tank if you combine them while the Dolphins are still young/small, as putting them in with smaller community fish once the Dolphin is large may cause their size to intimidate the smaller fish. The Blue Dolphin is moderately easy to care for as long as the water is kept clean, and the aquascaping is correct. It likes an aquarium with some rocks with caves for hiding places, and lots of open swimming space.

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Paulek (220/225)		May 9 2018 - 06:22:14 PM		$15.00

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