smidey Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 here are my 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 lovely depth of colour smidey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Nice Are those from Richards shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Nice! Awesome colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Nice Are those from Richards shop? yeah about two years ago, weren't they yours or your brothers? (or maybe i have misunderstood where they came from) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 This is one of my strains, before I gave my yellows away. Not as nice as yours smidey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 This is one of my strains, before I gave my yellows away. Not as nice as yours smidey. Its still nice phoenix - looks well fed too, and I actually quite like the idea of it in such a planted environment - would like to see more pics of the overall tank if you have them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Thanks. I do, I'll PM a few pics to you. it was a very "n00b" like tank lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 This is one of my strains, before I gave my yellows away. Not as nice as yours smidey. its not intended as a "who's got the best" rather an appreciation of what i think is a fantastic species of fish to have. looking good there livingart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 they are an awesome fish indeed. :bounce: are there different colour types, cause mine were never that bright yellow.. butwere darker as in the pic. is it just breeding or a different strain or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 a few different morphs are found in the lake apparently the more solid yellow ones all come from an original pair from a small colony in the lake, major line breeding some morphs have a faint barring on their sides, some are a whiter fish with black top fin and blue sheen when breeding i think from memory their scientific name means blue i had 4 fish at 6 to 8 inches the photo is of one of the youngsters off them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 as far as i am aware there are two options, yellow or white. some colour up better than others which is most likely due to breeding, what they eat & the conditions they are in etc. here's some white ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 yes smidey the whiter ones are the ones that are mostly found in the lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Wow, I love yellow labs, but those white ones are beautiful too. It thought it was the colour I liked, but I guess its the proportionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Smidey. Yeah those where mine. Sold about 60 to him and he said they sold in a week. Good strain. Yellows make a good feature. Especially when you have 20 plus in a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 a few different morphs are found in the lake apparently the more solid yellow ones all come from an original pair from a small colony in the lake, major line breeding There's a good article all about it here http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/l_caeruleus.php One of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 oh wow... I haven't seen the white ones before. I think they look pretty cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 nice "electric yellow" marklb same as yours smidey good solid yellows 2 of my large ones show faint barring, thought they might have been hybrids but after research found it is a morph phoenix all the solid yellows come from a very small gene pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 nice "electric yellow" marklb same as yours smidey good solid yellows 2 of my large ones show faint barring, thought they might have been hybrids but after research found it is a morph phoenix all the solid yellows come from a very small gene pool when mine breed they also show faint "barring". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 phoenix all the solid yellows come from a very small gene pool i think this was the case when they were first made available to the hobby, they originally took a small number from lake malawi & put them in pools at lake tanginyika where tens of thousands were bred but i see guys on the cichlid-forum talking about their "F1" yellows which i understood to be wild caught fish so there must be a few more strains around than the original small one. maybe i misunderstood what they were saying but thats the idea i got from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 might have to start a new thread i thought wild caught stock would be described as F0 and next generation as F1, ? or is F1 the first production of a hybrid breeding? open to correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 might have to start a new thread i thought wild caught stock would be described as F0 and next generation as F1, ? or is F1 the first production of a hybrid breeding? open to correction F0 makes sense to me for wild caught, that would make, as you have correctly noted, the F1 1st generation & therefore a new strain incraesing the gene pool. Definately not hybrids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Caper Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 The black on their dorsal fins means they are all male???? Oh, and they are all beautiful fishies :bounce: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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