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Old July 23rd, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
New Cichlid Pics

Here's some pics of some of our new Cichlids. its sooooo hard to get good pics of cichlids cuz they swim so fast!

The pink one is my favorite....of course. Maybe i'll even name her....any ideas?
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Old July 23rd, 2008  
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Beautiful fish! What kind is the pink one?
Carol
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Old July 24th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
Pretty fish! I love African Cichlids

Carol: I believe the pink one is some type of peacock. I had one that looked like it before it tried to eat another fish that was to big for it to swallow.....I won't get into that now

As far as names go....I'm stumped. I keep thinking of cute girlie names cause of the color pink, but as far as I can tell, its a boy
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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Pretty fish! I love African Cichlids

Carol: I believe the pink one is some type of peacock. I had one that looked like it before it tried to eat another fish that was to big for it to swallow.....I won't get into that now

As far as names go....I'm stumped. I keep thinking of cute girlie names cause of the color pink, but as far as I can tell, its a boy
yeah, he's pink but not too girly. tough for sure. i just wanted it to be a girl cuz he's pink. he's doing really well in our cichlid tank
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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yeah, he's pink but not too girly. tough for sure. i just wanted it to be a girl cuz he's pink. he's doing really well in our cichlid tank
Congrats in entering the african cichlid world.
I love all those fish. The first one is a Melanochromis chipokae(aggressive as heck), if it stays yellow it's a female..the other one is a Bumble bee cichlid, which are also very aggressive. The orange one is a red zebra type,& that is an OB peacock.
Are you doing an all male tank? If not, to keep the peace 1 male to 3 female or more for the more aggressive types. What size tank do you have for them?
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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If the pink one is a male you could name him "Pink Floyd" . are you old enough to remember Pink Foyd?
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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Pink Floyd is a band. Awesome fish very colorful.
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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If the pink one is a male you could name him "Pink Floyd" . are you old enough to remember Pink Foyd?
Carol
we already have a betta named pink floyd
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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Congrats in entering the african cichlid world.
I love all those fish. The first one is a Melanochromis chipokae(aggressive as heck), if it stays yellow it's a female..the other one is a Bumble bee cichlid, which are also very aggressive. The orange one is a red zebra type,& that is an OB peacock.
Are you doing an all male tank? If not, to keep the peace 1 male to 3 female or more for the more aggressive types. What size tank do you have for them?
oh, that's all way to technical for me
rick will have to get back to you on that, sorry

i think the tank is an 80gal
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Old July 24th, 2008  
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haha, nice fish! I like the OB Peacock as well.

The top right kinda looks victorianish to me, if not then definitely a bumblebee.
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Old August 13th, 2008  
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i have that first one, a male milawi golden cichlid, he is doing very well, not aggresive at all

Last edited by cichlidlover; August 13th, 2008 at 08:58 AM.
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Old August 13th, 2008  
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i have that first one, a male milawi golden cichlid, he is doing very well, not aggresive at all
That is a melanochromis chipokae, which a very aggressive species.... and I have never heard called a Malawi golden cichlid...considering the males turn blue and the females are yellow/brownish.
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Old August 13th, 2008  
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Those are some pretty fish Minx!!! I don't have any, but love the cichlids so much............lucky you. Enjoy!!

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Old August 14th, 2008  
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coooooooooolllll fish!
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Old January 29th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
nice i have two of the first one and one looks like that yet the other looks like a rotten banana at times and others looks the same as the other what could affect his color in this way
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Old January 29th, 2009  
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The top left is a mel aurartus very aggressive cichild, the one on the right is a lake tang cichild, the one on the bottom left is a red zebra and the one on the bottom right is a ob peacock (a hybrid species).

If it looks like a rotton banana it is a psuedo crabro male.
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Old January 30th, 2009  
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it looks exactly like the one above at times and when i bought it but turned to look like a rotten banana and the other one looks the same still
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Old January 30th, 2009  
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it looks exactly like the one above at times and when i bought it but turned to look like a rotten banana and the other one looks the same still
The rotten banana is your male, the brightly colored one is the female:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...ies.php?id=750.
Watch them closely, the aurartus is a very highly aggressive cichild, that is out to kill others. Even the female.
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