Jump to content

Aulonocara species name, ive lost it...


cooder

Recommended Posts

Hey guys, just a quick thread,

I saw a picture of an Aulonocara that looked similar to stuartgranti ngara, but with more blue on the upper body and down the back but also a bright highlight of yellow on the belly area, that didnt extend down the flank very far. thats the main feature i remember, it probably also had yellow pelvic and dorsal.

It was a really stunning fish and ive forgot the name, i'd like to look into perhaps getting some, but i gotta know the name!

Anyone know of what im talking about?

It couldve even been a stuartgranti Ngara... beautiful fish though!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Its not the one LithoMan, but i found what i was after while searching yours. Its not actually an Aulonocara,

its Protomelas sp. splinotus tanzania, And the yellow does actually go all the way down the body.

48JMmcs_zps6b11439d.jpg

Anyone have experience with these? the research begins...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yep I have, they are great fish but can hard on the girls and really hard on sub dominant boys. They are a big fish and really need a 4x18x18 at the minimum for a colony. I had mine in a 3x18x18 for a while but it was a mistake as the girls coped some heat everytime he wanted to breed mouthful or not. They also take a long time to get fully coloured but will breed at around 7-8 cm mark. I only have two 12+ cm males left in a 4x2x2 display tank and they are the pick of the tank. They don't care about each other now the girls are gone.

Cheers

Rosco

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...