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Posted by KevnBev on July 8, 2005, 4:04 am
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> "Gill Passman" <gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> KevnBev wrote:
>>> > I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!).
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>>> > Can anyone help me identify just what sort they are?
>>> > http://oddsnsods.bravehost.com/index.html
>>> I'm not a pro, bear that in mind.
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>>> a) with no certainty, could be a Maylandia Estherae (red zebra) ob morph
>>> b) possibly a Labeotropheus Trewavasae mc morph. could also be
>>> Fuelleborni as they're somewhat difficult to distinguish between.
>>> c) Melanochromis Johanii
>>> d) Likely a Labidochromis Caeruleus
>>> e) difficult to tell from the photo. shot in the dark would be another
>>> trewavasae/fuelleborni.
>>> f) no idea.
>>> g) no idea.
>>> e) Melanochromis Auratus.
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>>> hth
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>>> /Tommi
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>> Agree with c - have 3 myself. e is probably right as well.
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>> With d - do they have any black on their fins? Could be yellow labs
>> g - look like what was sold to me as Maylandia Lombardi...
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>> A good place to look is:-
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>> http://www.malawimayhem.com/
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>> Enjoy your fish :-)
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>> Gill
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> I'd say D- was most likely Metriaclima lombardoi and
> G- was Metriaclima zebra "Red Top".
> F- Doesn't have a typical Mbuna shape to it. It almost looks like a really
> fat Perissodus microlepis, however I doubt that. Try looking as some
> members of the Mylochromis family.
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> Tim
> www.fishaholics.org
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Many thanks everyone. for info, fish e, f & g are the peaceful community
members. fish F has dug himself a cave out of the coral gravel and mainly
comes out just to be fed. Fish a & b are the ones that hold court at the
front of the tank and chase everything else off. you can't tell from the
photos but they are very similar to look at, just that one has more marbling
than the other.
h is, I know an aggressive fish although isn't showing signs yet as he/she
is still only tiny. there WERE two of them but now appear to be only one.
I'm going to try to get some better photos using frames from the camcorder
and then update with names, for my own info.
Again many thanks
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> have had Labs look very similar to this, very little black markings..