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May 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Can anyone ID these fish?
I saw these is a LFS with no label and the guy working there wasn't very helpful.
I particularly like the yellow/gold fish and was wondering if anyone can help ID them for me
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May 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| they are african cichlids, i'm not an expert on cichlids but the yellow ones look like eletric yellow, but with out the black out line. i'm still not certain, wait for other suggestions. | |
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May 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Totally agree with Angela, and I think I see either a small frontosa or tretocephalus just above the leleupi on the left.  | |
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May 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| a pH that high? i thought cichlids need a pH of 6 or 6.5, i read it on a website.
thanks i learnt something. | |
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May 30th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad Wolf  a pH that high? i thought cichlids need a pH of 6 or 6.5, i read it on a website.
thanks i learnt something. | africans are the exception to most rules  ...ive learned that within the last few weeks myself....got to love a site with a ton of knowledge from alot of people around the world...and we can never learn enough | |
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May 30th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad Wolf a pH that high? i thought cichlids need a pH of 6 or 6.5, i read it on a website.
thanks i learnt something. | Central or South American Cichlids prefer a lower PH, maybe that is what you read about. Many SA fish and cichlids live in waters with a PH of 6 or 6.5, soft and acidic waters..
African cichlids prefer a much higher PH. | |
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May 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad Wolf a pH that high? i thought cichlids need a pH of 6 or 6.5, i read it on a website.
thanks i learnt something. | The rift lake cichlids (Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganika, Lake Malawi) are all beded down with tons of limestone, sand, etc. Their water is hard with a very high ph. Lake Tang is the highest of the three with the 8.6+ ph.
Lake malawi is 7.8+.
The west african rivers (Congo, etc) is blackwater like amazon, which is a soft acidic water. | |
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May 31st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| thanks, it didn't say anything about american or african cichlids, it just said cichlids, very misleading. | |
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May 31st, 2009
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Originally Posted by Bad Wolf thanks, it didn't say anything about american or african cichlids, it just said cichlids, very misleading. | the pic shows africans ..it wasnt misleading | |
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May 31st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| not the picture, the website i was talking about, sorry. | |
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June 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by harpua2002 Totally agree with Angela, and I think I see either a small frontosa or tretocephalus just above the leleupi on the left. | Probably it is Altolamprologus calvus if it matters to anyone. | |
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November 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| electric yellow cichlids | |
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November 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Check the dates dude, some of these posts you are replying to are from June...
Brian | |
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November 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| oh well i amstill helping | |
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