jasonhunt

Hey there seen your in whangarei how about waipu cove? not to far away and only a short walk to the rocks, I haven't been there in years but from what i remember there are lots of rockpools.

dont think kribs are african?

Its not that hard to keep clean I do regular cleans about once a month just with a regular syphon and I find that does the job nicely.

Hey there what sort of subsrate do you have? for africans something like argonite or coral sand is best and looks really good to. I use coral sand now after having the same problems when I had stones as substrate.

Hi there I use it in my tank with africans only a few peices also some green rock and normal river stones and limestone and I have had no problems at all and it brakes the colours up nicely.

The auratus all start out looking like females and males don't change colour till they are around 5cm.

hey cyberfin I have found my fish to be very aggresive as well pushing around most of the fish in my tank and I think mine is a female. Im pretty sure they are Maingano.

This is mine Im thinking the Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos as well. http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/j ... =imgAnch27 I got it from Tropical blues in Tirau I went back about 4 months later and the lady there said it was a Vermavorus.

http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/j ... =imgAnch17 Melalochromis Cyaneorhabdos

I had the same problem lost one mysteriously and am down to 3 2 male 1 female I think theyre still pretty young though.

Thanks Brad definatly looks more like the link you have posted Thanks. Jason

Where did you buy the super syphon from tanks man I may have to invest.

yea he's one of my favourites Im sure there will be some more around somewhere.

Yes I purchased the last one from Tropical Blues in Tirau it is more commonly known as a purple melanochromis mine looks more like the 3rd pic a nice purple and black colour I got told they ordered in a couple batches of these about 5 months ago im trying to track some down to breed them Thanks. Try this link he is always hiding in the rocks so it is quite hard to take pics. http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/j ... h=imgAnch9

Melanochromis vermivorus Does anyone around the waikato have any of these I have a single male around 6 cm, but am wanting to add some more thanks. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... php?id=770