Caryl Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Got my new digital camera so here are a few of my Mbuna. Not sure which is which (apart from the L. caeruleus and I also have some J. marlieri). They have to be either... Copadichromis borleyi Stigmatochromis modestus Aulonocara jacobfreibergi but I have no idea which is which Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 PS: Never had a camera before either so am still learning. I can turn it on, auto focus and take a picture but there are lots of other buttons I have no idea what they are for yet :oops: Camera is a Sony DSC-F828 with 8.0 megapixels & 7x optical zoom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoGaN Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 great fish the really blue one is an electric blue tropheus i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 not according to the guy I got them from. I must email him and ask. It must be one of the names listed above the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 WOW! Great looking photos/fish I wish my photos came out as nice as yours. So what sort of camera are you using? Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Caryl, did a bit of surfing and came up with this. They are in order of the fish in your post. I stand to be corrected, so don't go crook anyone if I'm wrong. But I don't think I am. The last one is correct. lol Aulonocara jacobfreibergi Copadichromis borleyi Stigmatochromis modestus Labidichromus caeruleus Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 :lol: awesome photos caryl .....love to see some more sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Catbrat check a couple of replies above your question and you will see what the camera model is. Alan thanks for your thoughts. I will email Carey, the breeder, to double check. Not that I am doubting you of course :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 and I shouldn't think so either Caryl. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Caryl I don't want to nitpik but the first 3 fish are 'haps' the electric yellow is the only mbuna. For a new camera fantastic photo's Have not seen any Copadichromis or Stigmatochromis in the Bay of Plenty area. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Not according to the breeder Cliff. Will be interesting to see what he says. What exactly is an Mbuna then? I thought it referred to all African cichlids. I asked for Lake Malawi species specifically (and I know J marlieri isn't one but I really like them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Great pictures Caryl - now that I'm working a digital camera is on the wish list (along with more mundane things like a new washing machine and a fridge/freezer) From what I've read (about Malawi cichlids) Mbuna are the cichlids that keep close to the rocks and mainly graze on the algae on the rocks. The other group of cichlids are commonly called Utaka - they're more the open water swimmers - the peacocks (of assorted genera - Copadichromis, Auloncara, Haplochromis?) belong to this group and are more carnivorous. None of the pictures posted look like a C. borleyi - females are commonly silver with yellow fins (at least the ones I've seen in NZ - other colour forms has the female a brownish colour with 2 or 3 darks spots along her body), males have metallic blue head, with blue running into the dorsal fin and rusty orange body with some blue spangles. Also I'd expect it to be deeper in the body. Does depend on size though - the second to last picture could be a young male C.borleyi changing to adult colouring :roll: . That second picture down looks more like an Electric blue hap (Sciaenochromis ahli) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Here is the one I thought was the C borleyi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I agree with Rob on mbuna and utaka. I'm not going to put my head on a block about C. borleyi, I have not seen any live and photo's i've seen look differant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 No worries Cliff. I will let you know as soon as I hear from the man who bred them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Yip Caryl that's C. borleyi - a female (or a juvenile - as they all start off with female colouring). Having another look at the second to last picture - I don't think it is a borleyi changing colour - it still doesn't have the depth in the body like my ones do - even the young ones I've got show a deep body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I have had them all 12 months now and they were young when I got them - I had to wait until they were old enough to leave home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 OK, I have heard back from the breeder. The 1st and 3rd pics are Aulonocara jacobfreibergi. The blue one is Sciaenochromis ahli, commonly called Electric blue hap and the Copadichromis borleyi is named correctly Rob you are right about Mbuna so I am sorry Cliff for calling all my fish Mbuna when they aren't. :roll: We learn something every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 No worries Caryl, at least you have got some African cichlids.Good fish to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 You need some south american cichlids, Caryl. Even better than Africans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Love the new sig Ira :lol: Which cichlids would you recommend then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 So many nice ones, how to choose? Festivums, severum, Surinamensis are the first to come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Well, finally got my digital camera - so now I can show Caryl what a male borleyi looks like: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamboe2001 Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 the first 3 look to be all allounocaria not sure of the species but im pretty sure there all peacocks (allounnocaria genus) the blue one couldnt be electric blue hap cos they dont get egg spot so ive been told any way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoGaN Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 i have a fish just like the 2nd one but he has not very much yellow on the top fin only anal and tail but otherwise exactly the same cant identify him though will get a pic some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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