My Cichlid pics

[leesst200]

Hi all,

I have posted a link in the gallery section to my fotopic site which I have all my fish pics on.

I could do with a bit of help with the ID of my Cichlids though.
Have a look at my pics and if you can identify any fish, please let me know.
www.fish.fotopic.net (http://www.fish.fotopic.net)

email me direct (purpleronny200@aol.com) or through the sites.

Thanks in advance,
Lee.

[-Nemo-]

cool stuff. i like your tank, what did you use for substrate and where did you acquire it?:)

[leesst200]

Hi Nemo,

I used aquarium sand for the substrate. I got it from my local aquatics store. You can get different colours now too. It costs about 10-15gbp per bag of which 3/4 of the bag is in the tank.

[n0zqh]

I absolutely love the look that wrecked airplane gives that tank.

[Rbishop]

Looks like a very nice tank.

[leesst200]

I need to take a few more pics of the tank, not just the fish.
If I have time I will do it later on.

[Coler]

nice tank :)

bubba = cynotilapia afra, perhaps Chewere or Chuanga (http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1675 or http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1732) or maybe another variant - check the other pics under afra on those links. In another of his pics he looks like a zebra http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=791

Spot pic is not so clear and I don't know what he is...perhaps another zebra.

Mahony looks like neoloamprologus sexcfasciatus; this variant http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=2241.

Custard - pseudotropheus zebra perhaps.

Wilson looks like pseudotropheus crabro http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=845 in some pics, and a zebra variant in others.

Snap - I don't know. If you disregard the eye bar he also has six bars and that might mean a neolamprologus sexfasciatus variant as well. In the main pic, if that's him in the background, he looks less black and gold and more like a sexfasciatus.

Bill is pseudotropheus elongatus for me http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=855

Bruno is a haplochromine or aulonocara species and looks female to me...perhaps a female aulonocara stuartgranti. In the main tank pic, if he's far left, he looks a little like an aulonocara baenschi.

I find ID'ing fish from pics really hard - so these are just my best guesses and are by no means definitive. Hope it gets you started anyway :)

[mbhw]

Snap - a tilapia buttekoferi - gets huge and mean, should be ok for a while though.

[tarheels910]

nice tank :)

bubba = cynotilapia afra, perhaps Chewere or Chuanga (http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1675 or http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1732) or maybe another variant - check the other pics under afra on those links. In another of his pics he looks like a zebra http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=791

Spot pic is not so clear and I don't know what he is...perhaps another zebra.

Mahony looks like neoloamprologus sexcfasciatus; this variant http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=2241.

Custard - pseudotropheus zebra perhaps.

Wilson looks like pseudotropheus crabro http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=845 in some pics, and a zebra variant in others.

Snap - I don't know. If you disregard the eye bar he also has six bars and that might mean a neolamprologus sexfasciatus variant as well. In the main pic, if that's him in the background, he looks less black and gold and more like a sexfasciatus.

Bill is pseudotropheus elongatus for me http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=855

Bruno is a haplochromine or aulonocara species and looks female to me...perhaps a female aulonocara stuartgranti. In the main tank pic, if he's far left, he looks a little like an aulonocara baenschi.

I find ID'ing fish from pics really hard - so these are just my best guesses and are by no means definitive. Hope it gets you started anyway :)

Nice coler, you got most of them right.

Spot appears to be a female Greshakei.
Custard looks to be a dull male Kenyi/Lombardoi.
Bruno looks to be a stressed Male Borleyi. Seems to have lost all of his color.
As for snap, Hes not from Malawi, and hes not from Tanganyika. He is a Buttikoferi. They get huge and tend to be extremely aggressive. If I were you, I would remove him from this tank.

[Coler]

Thanks for the 'snap' ID tarheels - that one was really bugging me.

[leesst200]

Hi all,
Thanks for your quick response on my pics.
Im worried now, just seen the bit about Tilapia Buttikoferi.
Did a google image search and yes, it matches up. If they can grow to about 12", will they be alright with my frontosa's?
You say they are aggressive? :eek: I have 3 :eek:.
Does it look like I may have to split the tankmates up as they grow, if so which ones are likley to need splitting?

When I get time I will look at the other comments.
Thanks,
Lee.

[Coler]

what size tank are they in & what do you have available for them ?

[leesst200]

They are in a juwel 180 which is about 3.5ft long x15"wide x 15"high.
I dont have anything at the moment available. They are about 3/4" long at the minute.

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice looking tank!

[Coler]

the 180 litres (about 46 US Gallons) is going to be far to small for the frontosa and the buttikoferi...to keep them you would need something way bigger...about 70/90 or more gallons for frontosa, which despite their size are actually pretty timid aquarium fish which are easily stressed by far smaller more active/aggressive types.

I don't know how the buttikoferi would affect the front(s) (btw they prefer groups of four plus of their own kind - the fronts)

[tarheels910]

125 is minimum for a colony of Fronts.

[Coler]

^ I would take tarheels advice on that one - they very much do prefer to be kept in groups.