keon9 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Hi,Can anyone tell me exactly which cichlid this is. He has a couple of small orange spots on his lower tail fin, and looks a little bit paler than in the photo (e.g. not so blue, more grey like in the second photo)Also, I'm pretty sure this gold colour cichlid is the female to match!!!My male has been clearing out all the stones in the bottom of this little cave, and has been shaking his tail whenever the female comes near the entrance to the cave!!!If anyone has any info they can give me - I would really appreciate it!thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Hi, At a guess from the photo and your description of the gold female it sounds like Ps. estherae "tangerine zebra".merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalyst Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 It looks to me like you have a pair of Pseudotropheus saulosi, Which are Dwarf Mbuna from Lake Malawi. Especially with the digging, in my tank the only fish that digs in large ammounts is my male P. saulosi.Follow this link and have a look at a good close up.http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/panis...eus_saulosi.htmCheers Garry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious Camel Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 nope, not a Ps. saulosi in my books -- too many stripes and not enough black colouration on this specimen for me.cheersVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKBAR Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 yeh im pretty sure its a metriaclima estherae (old name pseudotropheus) just they have a mmuch better colouration than most of the ones i have seen which have a lfaded pale blue for the males and a faded orange for the females there are varieties of estherae around though and the females do look alike but the males are different the other variety has a pearly white coloured male with yellow through the fins just make sure you get the right variety females if you ever want to add a few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 I agree with VC, defiantly not a Ps. saulosi. Have no idea what they are thought. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeW Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Hi Guys -Mbuna aren't my strength. It is definately not a saulosi - could be an estherae but I'm not certain,As for M. estherae and it's new name I suggest we stick to "Pseudotropheus" estherae - till the taxonomists work out what is going on. Michael Oliver reckons they are Maylandia (not Metriaclima)... and he's not the only one. I reckon we should sit on the fence for a while .HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Where abouts are you from?If you are in Australia, it's unlikely they are an estherae pair as I don't believe we have the blue male / orange female type here. (correct me someone if I'm wrong)To me, the male looks like a standard black bar zeb (or a "combination"of zebs) and the orange girl looks like a Ps. estherae puulu point zeb (or Tangerine "Metangula" even)What did you buy them as? I hope they weren't in a tank labeled "mixed africans"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKBAR Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 you can get the blue male orange female of p estherae it could be them just a lot brighter than usual i dunno about t being a black bar i havent seen any black bar zebra that are that coulourful all the ones ive seen are a dull blue with dull bars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mat Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I'd have to say its a tangerine zebra, I have all orange adults and I still get some blue male fry, while I don't raise and sell my fry I have one blue male who is growing up that looks just like your male, only a bit more faded. I'm sure if i took my orange male out he'd colour up like yours is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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