were they out in the display tanks??? because mine were out back bob has never put any out front i had first pick and he was the only one that colour hes def not a OB??? hes not blotchy at all!!!!!!

redwood had them in with the latest shipment were just called marble cichlids , i got a similar one

there was one in a display tank that wasnt meant to be there all the rest were out the back my one dosent have the yellow like yours and had lost a bit of colour due to my melanochromis picking on it . i just said to bob about the one in the display tank then he i have marble peacocks out the back i said ill take a male 1 so he came out with a fish with egg spots but not a peacock (dont know what happened there) i brought it aneway , its not being picked on now so will be interesting to see it in a month or so

a wild guess from the pics i am 50% sure that 50% of it is a red zebra, what the other 50% is i am 100% unsure.

oh ok can you post a photo of it so i can see it?? cheers

there was one in a display tank that wasnt meant to be there all the rest were out the back my one dosent have the yellow like yours and had lost a bit of colour due to my melanochromis picking on it . i just said to bob about the one in the display tank then he i have marble peacocks out the back i said ill take a male 1 so he came out with a fish with egg spots but not a peacock (dont know what happened there) i brought it aneway , its not being picked on now so will be interesting to see it in a month or so

i'll chuck those pics on the cichlid forum & fishkeepers forums to see if anyone has experience with them & post back the results when i hear something.

crabro cross?

doesnt look like it aye ill take some better pics!!!

crabro cross?

smidey can you please load the new pics i sent you on here to please cheers

doesnt look like it aye ill take some better pics!!!

smidey can you please load the new pics i sent you on here to please cheers

similar but totally diff colours!!!

The "thrill of the chase " not withstanding I hope the result of the mbuna ID ends with the only resolution the current info on the fishes history would dictate

I could suggest Kenyi in there as well

As for yellow go still male on yr yellow.

I've had male looking females like Smidey as well, except they lack the vividness of black, the amount of black in pectoral and anal, and dorsal was as pointed.

tried to upload a cple shots of a boy and girl of mine.

Has anyone had trouble uploading to photobucket lately- very slow for me.

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i'd go kenkii in there as well and male for the yellow