simy696 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 picked up a male one of these at the local but finding it hard to find info on them doo the go by another name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbunamad Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 When I googled it this is what it came up with.Is this your fish?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxfrG1vn0E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Simon spelling is everything Makokola Reefhttps://www.google.com.au/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tropheops+makokola+reef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 ahh that's the way it was spelt at the lfs lol so I went with it but tys for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsongei Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Tropheops sp. are nice and not too easy to come by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 f1s got quiet a few might go grab a couple of girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 disappointing when they don't pick up the mistakethis is where people don't get the correct information andthe problem permeates through the hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 seems they've had them for a year was reading there facebook sight went back a year to when they got them in maybe the miss spelling is putting every one off lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 could be ...... but makes you have better bargaining power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 noticed my hongis are giving him a hard time will a couple of females sway this maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 I put my trust in the store as they have sold me some nice fish previous and well gf bought a red top bar zebras pair and felt guilty I wasn't get any so he looked good and they gave us discount. ive also asked them to get a labyrinth list apparently they can get some in for me also might up date them on the spelling on that fish. or not hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 been on the LFS side of things and it can get hecticalways when you putting fish awaymore than likely just a slip in writing the name on the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 yeah but I went back a year on there facebook site to when they got them in and they named it the same I guess they need to no might give em a ring order two more and give em a tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 at least with OB females you can sex them easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsongei Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 This is the photo from their Facebook page, and it doesn't have the same face as a tropheops - more like a pseudotropheus sp. like they labeled it.I guess a look at the actual fish for sale would determine it for sure, unless the tropheops get a face like this with age? Haven't kept them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 yeah that's the one I sore myne has gone brown in the shop im trying to remember its colour last night and a bottle of wine later but it really stood out as a nice fish. I rang him and he said It may be the double k spelling so who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsongei Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Brown is still a nice alternative colour to have going until he colours up. I went in there the other day and was so close to getting a pair of tropheops sp. red cheek albino. They only had the pair, the boy was about 1cm smaller than the girl and looked like his body had a bit of a barrel chest deformation, so for $45 each I decided maybe if they get others in I would get them later, or have another look when he hadn't been fed so much. Didn't see the type you got, but there are a lot of tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 yeah no probs tys for your help guys yeah I like him and may sell one of my male hongis not necessary two I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 the fish where left side of shop top right, down the end will go in and get a couple of girls for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 https://cichliddiary.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/tropheops-sp-makokola/ id say this best describes his look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 they are a Tropheops and should have a blunt nosethe pic looks like a Ps. greshaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 <a href="http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/simy696/media/101_5741_zpsgum8pjq5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag452/simy696/101_5741_zpsgum8pjq5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 101_5741_zpsgum8pjq5.jpg"/></a> is that any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3k6qnUE8vkA/maxresdefault.jpgthis is the shape a Tropheops head should be not rounded like a Psuedotropheus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simy696 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 the last pic is of actuall fish not the best but he hiding most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsongei Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I had a look at the ones in the shop today. Definitely a zebra/pseudotropheus variant. Dark brown females and males lighter with vertical barring and some yellow on the dorsal. Don't have the thin lips and overbite mouth of a tropheops, but a standard zebra head and body shape.(crabro in the foreground) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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