Caper Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 I would appreciate if someone could please recommend a good website to see pics and different cichlids any and all info on them...looked at cichlid.com but don't know the fancy names for the fishies. I'll keep lookin though. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Hi try these: http://www.cichlid-forum.com http://www.duboisi.com/ http://www.bigskycichlids.com/ http://www.cichlidae.com/default.php :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Thanks Tropheus...I'll check them out! Ah, they seem to have the "fancy" names...how can I get the more common names? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Try googling the common name. Chances are one of the sites Tropheus listed will be there. That might work until you get your head aroud the scientific names. Could also try www.fishbase.org. They have a common name search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I think you should use the scientific names because common names suck. Especially for africans because so many of them are very similiar or are hybrids and people just call them whatever they want, but it could be one 10 different species in reality.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 here's a link to the pic gallery on the cichlid forum. this is very helpful especially when unsure of latin names http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a ... allery.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I think you should use the scientific names because common names suck Hats off to you folks that can do that :bow:it totally amazes how you can (and even with them show how to pronounce them I still have trouble!) , but I'm not ready to try & memorize those loooooooooooong names, not yet anyway. Going to try all those places...thanks again Heck, have been reading up on electric yellows, first time I saw that it is a mbuna! Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegemite Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 my personal favourite - http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com these guys are hardcore purists with a passion for mbuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Age of aquariums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Its not very ground breaking I know, but google pictures is the best way to find pictures of most things I've found! You can also find out things scientific names that way, which you can then look up on cichid-forum.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Thanks all for the help Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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