northland chic Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 There is 3 or 4 cichlids at our petshop and I'm fairly sure they are the higher ph type. I always feel for them because I think they are meant to be keep in a species colony? I know I can't keep them my water is really low ph straight out of the tap but would like them to at least be id'ed in the hopes they can find a better environment. At present they are in a AR620 maybe with 2 big choc talking cats (15+cm) and a breeding pair of severums not quite full grown. Sorry about the poor pics. I recognised one out of smideys for sale ad but I think it is meant to have a patch of yellow not faint white I know the last one is really bad but I figure someone will know! Thanks for any help I get on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixb Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 the bottom fish in the first photo looks like a tropheus duboisi - probably yellow band not sure about the hap in that photo and the other 2 fish are probably ice blue zebras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah have to agree on the ice blues and tropheus dub - make sure you feed lots of vege based food for the dub otherwise you may bloat it.. The top one could be an electric blue (Sc. fryeri) but would need more better pics to actually comment further.. In that sized tank with the ice blues and depending on the temperament of the dub you may have aggression issues, also no need to worry about what your PH is out of the tap it is pretty easy to buffer your PH and GH to make it suitable for africans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northland chic Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 There is no aggression that I have seen, they all stick together at the top of the tank because the severums seem to be having eggs every week and they get quite grumpy. When I went in yesterday I think she was going to move the choc cats out to give the baby sevs a chance, she feels sad for the parents. Apparently the tropheus dub had a mate but its passed away. I always really like the demasoni's and the blotchy coloured ones. Do they require alot of water changes? I already use oyster grit in my filters, how else can I buffer the ph? I had never thought about keeping them. I have just set up a sunsun 200l so far all I know is it has to house some plants and my trio of long fin bristlenose. I do miss having some of the bigger fish all I have now is tetras The sev's were pretty cool but don't really want to devote my new tank to just them and don't need a whole army of baby sev's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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