Fish ID's and advice.

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Lou Slack

Lou Slack
Mar 15, 2009
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Hi there!

Any of you experts id these cichlids? i think one is yellow regal and the other i have now clue!

The other day i notice a very small cuckoo catfish fry hanging 'dead' from, what i believe to be the mouth of a juvenile mother (yellow regal, as pictured) ,thing is not sure if the adult catfish has actually planted it's eggs in a mouth brooders stock or laid it's eggs somewhere in tank? Really gutted i never got to see the baby fry alive!, will the surrogate mother improve? or was she just eating the fry?
The baby was absolutouly unmistakable, so may have even been a week old!

I was questioning which sexes my two synodontis where?obviously male and female! very lucky considering i only had the two of them!

My tank and it's inhabatants are only about 5 monthes old, so this could be my first brood of any type, although i now have nothing to show for it!


Would be happy to breed a couple of new cuckoo's before i start to concentrate on my 'proper fish'

Thanks for you time, i am newish to this so apoligies now for quality of photos! have tried to take a couple of my set-up, which is open to suggestions and comments!! lol

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the first one looks like a frontosa (tanganyikan) and the second i have no idea
 
The first is a frontosa, the second is not a yellow regal or a peacock at all in fact. The second one looks more like a mbuna to me. I'm not sure at all what species. If I had to guess I would say a Kenyi that is in the middle of changing colors which would make it a male. I would like to hear some others opinions though.
 
the second one looks like a pearlmutt juvie coloration
 
Lou Slack said:
With the fish being from Tanganyika, will i have problems? seeking as though my tank is Malawai?
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I can only speak for the frontosa - your malawi fish will be much quicker to the food than your front. You'll need to make sure the front gets food. Also, a front is a very docile fish and will not be agressive to others (unless he can fit it into his mouth). Fronts do get big. Your girl in the pic (assuming she's a she) can get up to 7 to 8-inches in length. Males can get up to 14-inches.

Fronts typcially do best in a species only tank in a harem situtation and in large tanks (6-foot + in length).

Hope that helps.
 
In my past experience a long time ago when i first kept Fronts with Mbuna they were always killed by the Mbuna.. So i would say not a good ideal.. If you must keep the two together than i would say get large fronts with smaller Mbuna it may work.. be prepared to remove fish..
 
i'm concerned about the way you have the tank on that dresser. the plywood hanging over the left side, is it supported on the other end? cantilevering a tank like that and having it on a dresser that is not designed to support the weight of a tank can spell disaster!
 
tank has substantial bracing underneath the gap that you can see,gap is only for the external filter, the dresser is solid oak too, all seems well, thanks for your concern though
 
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