Alan Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hey, Got some cichlids from Tropical Blues on Tuesday, Fee called them Melanochromis Rainbow Cichlids Of course ya can't find that on the puta. Well, I couldn't anyway. Help would be appreciated. I would like their taxanomical (sp) name please. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Alan, are any of these 2 them? http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/fw/pro ... is+auratus http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/fw/pro ... s+johannii Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi Alan - I know which fish you're talking about - I've seen them in at Fee's as well. The closest match I found for them was Melanochromis joanjohnsonae. I'm not sure of the ID. If you go digging around on the net and find pictures of males you'll probably think that I've lost it. Try and find a picture of a female though - they've got the blue stripes with red/orange inbetween. When I saw them at Fee's they were still quite small and all had the same colouration - on the assumption that they all start off looking like females I didn't think my ID was too way out - but could go out the window once you've got a dominant male showing his colouring. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Thanx for that Rob. Sorry I couldn't make a contact over the weekend I'l let you know what they look like when I breed them Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Thanx for the try Chris, but neither of those two. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Just checked them Rob. MMMMM might have to go along with what you said, and remember, you said it. But I'll try to find it for you. I've three of them, hopefully a male with two females. I have the advantage of being able to go look at them at any time without a half hour trip Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hello Alan, I'll see what I can find out from this side of the ditch, personally havent heard of them, but I got a couple of good contacts. Frenchy Melanochromis; chipokee, melanopterus, parallelus & perspicax. any of those??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 I found it, I found it At least Cliff did. Thankyou Cliff. It is Labidochromis textilis. Mini Atlas page132 pic. A But it has a similar colouration to B as well. Stuffed if I know with theseAxelrod books. Who knows?? Did a search using the textilis name and that looked a helluva lot better than anything else Mine are starting to colour-up nicely. Bigger tank for them me thinks OH NO! That will prolly mean more babies Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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