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those are awesome, nice! 8)

myself & ryan are refuring to S. Fryeri. The connections would be everything except exact shape, colouring, barring & the blaze etc. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... hp?id=1328

you may want to school up on latin names as it will save you hassle & confusion in the future. here's a link to the aulonocara list http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/r ... p?genus=17

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faeces shoveler at the Zoo & work your way up to something? that will probably take the same time.

for all we know these & fryeri could be a hybridisation from the lake. maybe a fryeri & dolphin mixed 100's of years ago & thats what these are or one of these mixed with a peacock to create fryeri which gives the similarities in appearance. i guess we can only base our thoughts on info post scientific names. when i compare your pics to the net sourced ones i think that if yours put on weight they would look alot more like them with regard to shape, they would bulge a little more just behind the jaw & then it may only be a discussion of colouring & the "malawimayhem" pic certainly has the spots.

haha nice pic!

im not worried at all as i fed them to the cat as i thought the same thing. it's not the first time they have had mutts as you well know.

i got fryeri from johannes that have the utuka spots

where did you get the fryeri from, johannes?

zoology or similar?

i had a female fryeri i thought was a sub-dominant male as it was quite well coloured. if it does turn out to be a male holding he is a SNAG & must be culled as he will produce homosexual kids & that will be the end of that line :lol:

man, nice fish & pics. 8) i have found fryeri juvies to do the same, have different appearances. The dominant male was always darker like yours particularly when starting to breed, he seemed to wash out the blue & show more black barring while trying to entice a female or spawning. Have you ever removed the darker one for what ever reason & seen what the lighter ones does?

awesome, thanks for sharing. 8)

so has anyone got the book?

maybe you & cath&kim could start your own forum that would suit you 2 betta?

they obsorb the egg sack which should be completly gone at around 16 days from spawning. they should be fine as long as they don't get sucked into a filter or anything like that. if you do a water change make sure the temp of the tank doesn't drop too far when you do it. they won't need food until their egg sacks are gone but won't hurt to put a little in when it is almost gone.

is this not a forum for us spethal people? :lol:

anyway, now that your back henward. where have the whites tree frogs gone? 8)

there's more "welcome backs" on this thread than a 12th Man cricket tape :lol: hi henward 8)

ah stocking, red empress & frontosa!

i would have to say that a sealed hood is a must for that type of public area which would mean you would have to put the lights in it which won't be difficult. you will need to design the hood around the fittings you will be using.

putting something like that in the centre you may have issues with flow or the waste may not get sucked out & may settle around the "centre ground". If you have two filters you could set one up each side of the divider & then there's flow required around heaters etc. i would make cutouts along the bottom so it's less of a divider. i like you idea & hope you can get it working well, you could add a hood for lights etc & to stop people feeding the fish.