Crazyfishlady Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hi all. I need to find out what breed my fish is as he's started to breed with my happ brownae. I'm pretty sure he's some kind of lake Victorian happ. He's all yellow with black markings on his chin and belly which flare up when angry. And a black stripe coming down from under his eye. Two black dorsal fins and slight brown stripes through his body. He's very agressive and terretorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Here's a vid and he's in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CcFH6zM7jG8&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCcFH6zM7jG8%26feature%3Dyoutu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullyYellow Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Looks like xmas fulu or Sp.44 Thickskin. Most vics in aus are crossed. But we have been getting some new vic species such as the aenocolors and the broken bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CichlidProfessional Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 If your talking about the fish in the background of the video, It would be probably be xmas fulu, brownea or a cross of random vic haps...If its a sp44 it needs to have a red tail, flamebacks will have more red on the dorsal...What did you buy it as? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Yeh the yellow guy in the background. You're going to laugh at this, he got sold to me as an electric yellow lab!!!!!! Lol they didn't know there craP but neither did I at that time :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 He doesn't have a red tail at all. I don't think he's a Xmas fulu either. His face does get blue in the sunlight but more his cheeks around the bottom area of his face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CichlidProfessional Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 hahaha, yeah 100% not a E. Yellow lab ...To me it seems to have alot of Brownea characteristics, but I could be wrong...Under the circumstance you bought it, and the fact it dose not look like a pure vic hap, I would say its hybrid...Good for display tanks, but please don't breed it with other fish, there is no need for anymore hybrids in the vic hap sector of the hobby...although the damage is probably already done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Its hard to tell from the video, but the fish you describe with mainly yellow on it could either be an Astatotilapia Caliptera (Malawi) or an Astatotilapia Burtoni (Victoria).Caliptera have the dark black from the eye to the chin, black ventral fins and blue on the face with a mainly yellow body, similar to what you describe.Burtoni can look similar. Most of the other Victorians have more red on them and the fish in the background is mainly yellow, even though the video gives it a reddish color.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 100% not burtoni It's weird though you look online so many different pictures of burtoniThe one I have is the aqua green color with big orange spot on its sideAnd very powerful egg spots in the anal finAnd they are from lake tanganika They look like they should be Victorian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Yeah after further thought not burtoni but I looked right at the end and think its Caliptera because of the shape of its snout. Caliptera have a more pointed snout than the vic haps.A photo will prove if its caliptera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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