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Since: Oct 25, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 12:28 pm
Post subject: help needed to identify cichlid
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I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
had better work out exactly what I am getting first
Any ideas?
Brian |
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Since: Jul 30, 2003
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:39 pm
Post subject: Re: help needed to identify cichlid [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I know!
I'm Danish!
"Spindoctor" <spindoctor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> skrev i en
meddelelse news:cnt9qvgavv7md4drvo5j2qk20favauoiuk@4ax.com...
> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
>
> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
>
> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Brian |
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Since: Oct 25, 2003
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 2:27 pm
Post subject: Re: help needed to identify cichlid [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +0100, "Mikkel Stepién Munk"
<nobody.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I know!
>I'm Danish!
>"Spindoctor" <spindoctor.TakeThisOut@REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> skrev i en
>meddelelse news:cnt9qvgavv7md4drvo5j2qk20favauoiuk@4ax.com...
>> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
>> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
>>
>> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
>> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
>> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
>> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
>>
>> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
>> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
>> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Brian
>
Try doing that where I live (Bristol) and you will end up with an
empty tank
I did my research, got together my list of ideal fishes and have spent
a fruitless month trying to find even one of them, so far I've been to
six different shops and even tried to find a private breeder without
success
I'm assuming that the fish above is a colour variation of a fish that
was on my "long list"
Brian >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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Since: Dec 23, 2003
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 2:37 pm
Post subject: Re: help needed to identify cichlid [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Would they be "Lemon" cichlids?? I am not certain of the terminology for
Labs.. I am assuming Electric Yellows...I have a group of 6 EL's.. four are
dark yellow, and two are much lighter, although they do show the verticle
strips and faint black markings on thier dorsal fins...
Timmer...... Canadian in Cali
"Spindoctor" <spindoctor.DeleteThis@REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ct4aqv8d230qbbavjercor515lqh6634nk@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +0100, "Mikkel Stepién Munk"
> <nobody.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I
know!
> >I'm Danish!
> >"Spindoctor" <spindoctor.DeleteThis@REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> skrev i en
> >meddelelse news:cnt9qvgavv7md4drvo5j2qk20favauoiuk@4ax.com...
> >> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
> >> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
> >>
> >> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
> >> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
> >> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
> >> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
> >>
> >> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
> >> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
> >> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >> Brian
> >
>
> Try doing that where I live (Bristol) and you will end up with an
> empty tank
>
> I did my research, got together my list of ideal fishes and have spent
> a fruitless month trying to find even one of them, so far I've been to
> six different shops and even tried to find a private breeder without
> success
>
> I'm assuming that the fish above is a colour variation of a fish that
> was on my "long list"
>
> Brian >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:07 pm
Post subject: Re: help needed to identify cichlid [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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For ten years or so, I had golden severums that match that description.
They were beautiful fish, but large, at 8" or so once fully grown. Perhaps
that's what you have.
"T" <tor_ent DeleteThis @mindisblowen.ca> wrote in message
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> Would they be "Lemon" cichlids?? I am not certain of the terminology for
> Labs.. I am assuming Electric Yellows...I have a group of 6 EL's.. four
are
> dark yellow, and two are much lighter, although they do show the verticle
> strips and faint black markings on thier dorsal fins...
>
> Timmer...... Canadian in Cali
> "Spindoctor" <spindoctor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ct4aqv8d230qbbavjercor515lqh6634nk@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +0100, "Mikkel Stepién Munk"
> > <nobody DeleteThis @nowhere.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I
> know!
> > >I'm Danish!
> > >"Spindoctor" <spindoctor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> skrev i en
> > >meddelelse news:cnt9qvgavv7md4drvo5j2qk20favauoiuk@4ax.com...
> > >> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
> > >> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
> > >>
> > >> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream
(almost
> > >> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
> > >> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
> > >> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
> > >>
> > >> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
> > >> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
> > >> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Brian
> > >
> >
> > Try doing that where I live (Bristol) and you will end up with an
> > empty tank
> >
> > I did my research, got together my list of ideal fishes and have spent
> > a fruitless month trying to find even one of them, so far I've been to
> > six different shops and even tried to find a private breeder without
> > success
> >
> > I'm assuming that the fish above is a colour variation of a fish that
> > was on my "long list"
> >
> > Brian
>
> >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:02 pm
Post subject: Re: help needed to identify cichlid [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:07:08 GMT, "Dee Dee Russell"
<deedeer DeleteThis @telusplanet.net> wrote:
Have checked lemon cichlid and golden severums but don't resemble
either, if it wasn't for the colour being so pale and creamy, I would
just say they were a slightly bleached out yellow lab, since the
markings are very similar, but at present there isn't even a trace of
yellow,
Brian >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:50 pm
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"Spindoctor" <spindoctor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:07:08 GMT, "Dee Dee Russell"
> <deedeer DeleteThis @telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
> Have checked lemon cichlid and golden severums but don't resemble
> either, if it wasn't for the colour being so pale and creamy, I would
> just say they were a slightly bleached out yellow lab, since the
> markings are very similar, but at present there isn't even a trace of
> yellow,
>
> Brian
Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt" maybe? There are several species/varieties of
Labidochromis with similar shape to the electric yellows. >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 3:00 pm
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This is what I was thinking of as well. Labidochromis Perlmutts. Do some of
them occassionally show vert. stripes?
"Sarotherodon" <SPAMFREE@.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Spindoctor" <spindoctor.TakeThisOut@REMOVETHISbrian-sheehan.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:rsfaqvgjo8c1efmvlrk3thhtua7del0t4p@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:07:08 GMT, "Dee Dee Russell"
> > <deedeer.TakeThisOut@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> >
> > Have checked lemon cichlid and golden severums but don't resemble
> > either, if it wasn't for the colour being so pale and creamy, I would
> > just say they were a slightly bleached out yellow lab, since the
> > markings are very similar, but at present there isn't even a trace of
> > yellow,
> >
> > Brian
> Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt" maybe? There are several species/varieties
of
> Labidochromis with similar shape to the electric yellows.
>
> >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:38 pm
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:00:46 GMT, "The Madd Hatter"
<theNOmaddNOhatterNO RemoveThis @rNOogers.NOcom> wrote:
>This is what I was thinking of as well. Labidochromis Perlmutts. Do some of
>them occassionally show vert. stripes?
>
>> Labidochromis with similar shape to the electric yellows.
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>>
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unfortunately no
Brian >> Stay informed about: help needed to identify cichlid |
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