Scarletmonuka Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Ah right i think i understand.. So peacock or Hap or Mbuna are the genus of lake Malawi? and the second name is the species of the genus? why's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 no, peacock, hap and mbuna are common terms for cichlids of Lake Malawi, Maylandia, Aulanocara,Copadichromis, Cyrtocara, Placidochromis, Protomelas, Otopharynx, Nyassachromis, and Sciaenochromis are genus names. (strangely enough although some called "Hap's" there are no true Haplochromis species in Malawi due to taxonomic revisions.) oh and you Pemba's are Tanganyikan, the Brown haps are from Victoria. heres a couple of good reads. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/peacocks.php http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/cichlid/haplochromis.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 so just to be a pain in the bum what genus's fall under the comman names of peacock, hap and mbuna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Getting off topic but here goes many of the Africans can and do cross breed and produce sexually viable offspring when taken out of their natural environment and placed in (say) aquariums. It seems quite common to give fish species status just because they look slightly different and cone from the next lake/river. now look at say the honey bee, there is only one species of honey bee (discounting the Asian ones) yet they come from vastly differing climates/ecosystems/continents and would never have meet if it wasn't for man kind. The bees from differing places look different (colour, wing vein patterns), have differing temperaments, and choose differing sized holes to live in. These different bees have only been subspecies status within Apis mellifera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstar99 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 so just to be a pain in the bum what genus's fall under the comman names of peacock, hap and mbuna? Im going to be lazy and lin k you here http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/?region=NONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 no, peacock, hap and mbuna are common terms for cichlids of Lake Malawi, Maylandia, Aulanocara,Copadichromis, Cyrtocara, Placidochromis, Protomelas, Otopharynx, Nyassachromis, and Sciaenochromis are genus names. (strangely enough although some called "Hap's" there are no true Haplochromis species in Malawi due to taxonomic revisions.) oh and you Pemba's are Tanganyikan, the Brown haps are from Victoria. heres a couple of good reads. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/peacocks.php http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/cichlid/haplochromis.php Yeah i knew about the pemba's and brown haps being from those lakes. I've just read the artical on peacocks Mbuna and Peacocks make poor tankmates primarily because Mbuna have a considerably more aggressive temperament (some would even say obnoxious). Their aggressiveness and hyperactivity have a tendency to stress the Peacocks. Keeping Mbuna together with Peacocks usually proves deleterious to the latter who are kept in a constant state of subordination. Some hobbyists who mix these two fish may argue that no such unfavorable conditions exist. This may sometimes appear superficially to be true, but Peacocks kept with Mbuna do not grow as fast, are less colorful, and do not live nearly as long. Peacocks removed from such an environment show dramatic turnaround within a short period of time, confirming the sensibility of this recommendation. <<<< if the pemba's are similar in tempermant to Mbuna's i can see why people are advising to not add peacocks to this tank. i shall have to do a rethink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Im going to be lazy and lin k you here http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/?region=NONE Yes i know this link very well, always on there looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 10 2 cm brown haps will be on there way tomorrow from hollywood fish farm albany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 :thup: you finaly got some well done to you! :happy1: they are rite up there with my fav african that I am currently keeping. do you mind me asking how much they sell for at HFF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 that size was $4.50 each. i went halves with si spinx so we got 20. thats why they went for that price otherwise it would have been $5 each plus postage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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