What Type of Cichlids do I have? What can I add?

looks like some african cichlids, maybe peacocks or something

the 4th is an electric yellow and here look at these the might be some of the ones you have
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/stats_afcichlids1f.html


http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/stats_afcichlids1j.html


http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/stats_afcichlids1i.html

The one with yellow and black horizontal stripes is an auratus. The black with yellow fins is not a morph I have seen before, but looks to be a mbuna which is the important part. None are peacocks. They are all mbunas, so they are all pretty aggressive, are herbivores, need a lot of rockwork, a lot of filtration, a strong current, and bug frequent water changes. The only fish that are appropriate to go with them are other mbunas. It sounds like you still may need to do some more research so go out and buy a few books on Lake Malawi Cichlids. There are three main types of cichlids form Lake Malawi (mbuna, peacock, and utaka) but the only ones you are concerned with are the mbuna.

From what I can tell of the setup, that needs to be redone. They want lots of rockwork with hides and caves everywhere. Plants are nto appropriate for the biotope. What size tank is it? What filtration do you have? What is your water change schedule? What are you feeding exactly?

Fish #1 looks like a Kenyi, Metriaclima lombardoi:
Kenyi Profile

Fish #2 looks like a female auratus, Melanochromis auratus:
Auratus Profile

Fish #3 looks a little dark for an Acei, but could still be, Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei":
Acei profile

Fish #4 looks like a yellow lab, Labidochromis caeruleus:
Yellow Lab profile

Fish #5 looks like a demasoni, Pseudotropheus demasoni:
Demasoni profile


What size tank do you have these in? Have you tested your water lately?Africans need a minimum of around 55 gallons for the kind you have. It is suggested to keep them 1m/3f or all males or else you will have aggressions problems down the road. Make as many caves and hiding places that you can. With africans caves and filtration is key. The Demasoni will most likely be your most aggressive. The yellow lab may be your most tame. Demasoni and Kenyi are highly aggressive and may make your other fish's life difficult. As I said before plenty of hiding places is key.

Ok just read your other post.

I would start off with a better filtration system. A good canister or high flow hang on will do, keep your other hang ons going as well. Do you have a water test kit? If not it would be a great idea to pick on up. I would try to do water changes a little more often, at least once a week. In a 50 gallon you could do around a dozen if you work it right. Since you already have all mbuna I would stick to that, peacocks are more chill than most mbuna and would get picked on. A couple haplochromines(hap) may work as well but in general get a little larger than mbuna. If your water ph is low think of adding some crushed coral to your filtration system or substrate to get the ph up a little, they like it around 8.0. On the feeding I would feed them more variety. Those are fine as one of a few things. I would get some spirulnia flakes/pellets as well. Mine love to eat little peices of leaf lettuce and leftover cucumber from my pleco.