FishFolk

Any info on either of these labs would be appreciated.
Labidochromis textilis
Labidochromis caeruleus (Lundu Is.)

I checked cichilid forum.com with limited results.

Slug

Labidochromis caeruleus (Lundu Is.) is just a yellow lab, with a different color form. Color can range anywhere from white to blue with black bars in this area. Lundu Island is directly across the lake from Lion's Cove where the "yellow" yellow lab comes from. Care should be the same. You don't see it on stocklists to much.

As for the Labidochromis textilis, i'm not to sure. I believe it to be a more aggressive species....but am not 100% sure on that. I have seen them for sale but never could find much on them. =/

Allie

Labidochromis textilis are peaceful cichlids like the regular yellow labs.
http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=149

The cichlid-forum is usually pretty accurate in their descriptions of the species.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...ies.php?id=744

Labidochromis caeruleus (Lundu Is.) not much info b/c ...if it's hard to find info on a Malawi cichlid it's usually b/c they are hard to come by. If they only show wild caught pix then they are def hard to come by in the hobby.

Slug

Oh, thanks Allie. I must of misread the information about the textilis.

FishFolk

Thanks guys. I actually found them on cichlid forum while researching the labs I have. Mine seem to have the coloring from Lion's Cove II. I am trying to track down the breeder to get as much inof as I can. I am just odd that way.

Slug

Went to the LFS today. They had some textilis there, pretty cool. They also had some Labidochromis caeruleus "Nkhata Bay", very nice fish.

Allie

I am the same way...I have to know exactly what I have from fish to food.