myster619 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 What mylos do we have in Australia? What are their status?What happened to M. Mola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I think there is only anaphyrmus and epichorialis, not sure whethwr the plageotania are ok or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Got mchuse, pretty certain mola are gone,, and the plagio turned out not to be plagio so that specie was unidentified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myster619 Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 How can you be so sure about plagio? What is the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 It was me who initially had them,, I can't go into where they come from.They bred very young, and when young they their ID showed to match as well as being what they were sold as.I sold some handfuls till the parents grew bigger and colors and body shapes changed to not much to be in the way of plagio.I also forgot another Mylochromis,,,,,,, Mylochromis anaphyrmus, which I also have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ok good one, so now we have 3. Epichorialis, lateristriga mchuse, and anaphyrmus. I had melanotus about 5 years ago, the ones that just stay silver with a really thick melanin stripe, but they would be gone here now. The mola were here around 10 years ago but would also be gone. I would love to see ericotaenia one day as they look like one of the nicest IMO.My anaphyrmus male is starting to colour up now, I will post some pics when he gets a bit bigger. Interested to know what the anaphymus looks like when mature, is it similar to the lateristriga? I really Like the shape of the mylos with their high dorsals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 The anaphyrmus is not elongated like the others,,, it's shorter bodied and is a medium powder blue and aqua green.A really nice fish after patience is practiced for them to mature.The male seems to stay in dress majority of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Nice... My Mylo anaphyrmus is starting to really colour up now, they are quite assertive in the tank as well I have noticed, although probably not as assertive as the deeper water epichorialis, which are pretty nasty when they want to be. Those guys go through a very unusual transformation though I have noticed, in that they go through a stage where they are mainly yellow. I will post a pic of my Mylo in a few months when the colours set in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yes the epi's do go through quite different color changes.Once very mature, they are still classified as elongated I guess,,, but they become so much more chunky and deeper that they kind of lose the elongated look,,, and jeez do they woof the food down.Once over 23cm or so,, the females need large amount food volumes to generate eggs for breeding.I do find the mchuse are equally aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I have been doing research on the web about mylos and there were incola & mola here once aswell. And curiously it looks like the plageotania are still available on the premier pet site. I saw those fish and never seen anything like them, I wonder what they really are.Here are some shots of the mylochromis anaphyrmus colony with the male just starting to colour up, since I think the females might be approaching breeding age.I have partitioned the tank with eggs crate to see how the male colours up without more dominant tank mates around.with flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 love the mylo baring nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 WOW Rob he lights up with the flashHad Incola 30yrs ago and the male built a raised breeding nestat one end of the 5' x 18" x 18" they were in approx. 30cm acrossBuccal is this what the Anaphyrmus look likehttp://aquahaus-gaus.de/Mylochromis-anaphyrmusseems there were a few available in WA and QLD in 2013 from my web search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yes, the ones I breed are exactly like that link.Most of the diagonal line mylo's all look extremely similar to each other until stages of maturing.As the differences become apparent,,, the Anaphyrmus is a prominent green like a Lethrinops lethrinus but the Anaphyrmus is more of a aqua green,,,, and also a definete compaction from nose to tail making the fish deeper top to bottom.I keep a few Mylochromis types and the Anaphyrmus seems to be a smaller growing specie.The Epichorialus is a big beast of a specie and gets large.The Mchuse is very similar to Lateristriga varients, but the Mchuse's difference is its total size is bigger as a specie.(Mchuse and Lateristriga are extremely hard to tell apart though with differing characteristic from one individual to another until finished sizes are apparent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Chris, the Incola would have been an awesome fish at that size. The anaphyrmus male I have I think is going through a colour transformation at the moment. At onepoint, the head seems mainly blue at other times (like pictured in my latest shot, he appears yellowish but I think that may be due to the camera light. Evry time I try to take a picture of him when he loses his line he retreats to the back of the tanks but I managed to capture this one below.Buccal, thanks for you insights into the mylos, they are a fascinating species and I sent you a pm earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi Rob I should have explained it more clearlythe breeding nest was 30cm across and near 10cm highthe fish were around 20cm sizeNice fish Buccal glad the link was the same as your stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yeah,,, the red dots on the finnage in the link may be the actual fish or maybe just showing that way as sometimes pics just do.The dots in mine are more of a orangey red color rather than just red.I'd say within the true species there would be certain very tiny variances,,,, sometimes captive breeds slowly lose some color over time.Sometimes food types that differs in carotene and astaxanthins that is found also in the natural food diets can alter physical coloration between yellows, oranges and reds.The pigments blue and green are heavily swayed by spiralina intake also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomi Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I like to say that i have Mylochromis Incola . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intangcity Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 have you any pics shlomi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomi Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 i cannot take photo with my phone , but it's new and its the real thing , it look like this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomi Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomi Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intangcity Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 nice is that video yours as well as pics only asking because pics look different to video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomi Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 No it's not my video, i took the photo with my daughter i pod so it's not the best but in real life it looks the same as the video every time i try to take a photo he lost his colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intangcity Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 no offense but im wondering if it is incola your pics seem to have a more slender body the tailwrist seems to be more narrower .Someone correct me if im wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomi Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 No it's ok, I got them from keysborough aquarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.