Hey all i got some new chiclids today! but cant rember what ones they are? can you help
Sorry about the qualty fish are a lil active and hard to catch!
all i know is they are called ..... blue and yelllo......
thanks
Hi cracking looking fish
As far as i can tell they are lake malawi types,as to which type i'm afraid i have know idea
The yellow's are Labidochromis caeruleus or yellow labs
As for the blue's I'm not sure but it's a mabuna
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thanks for the help! can anyone give me any de-tails on what the best ph level is for them! breeding them ect ect? i did have angle fish but got a liltter board with them so gone with the chiclids!
pH 7.5 plus
Hard water
Load of Space wated
Yellow labs easy to breed, if you got a pair, difficualt to sex though
Blues' more difficualt but still easyish.
Just put plenty of rocks and hideing places and the fry will surive. their tough little fish these.
Hi i also beleive they require well oxygenated water and plenty of green stuff in there diet
Also not too turbulent water circulation!
Yep, looks like Yellow Labs (Lab. Caereleus) and Met. Callainos (Cobalts) to me.
Water parameters as mentioned already.
FD
Oh and hope you don't take this the wrong way, but you be best knowing what your buying before you stick em in your tank.
Always best to be doing some background checks to make sure fish can co-exist with each other.
deffo yellow labs
juwel rio240 2x parrots 2x jewel cichlids 2x kribs 2x bosemans rainbows 1x common plec 5x otos 3x albino corys 3x bronze corys
they can be fiesty
What tank do you have and hi welcome
Rekord 70
blues look like my pseudotropheus zebra (blue), easy to breed
ideal conditions are pH of 8.0 and gH of 300ppm - need excellent filtration
sorry to be the one to say it but they aren't compatibile with the other fish in the picture - these sort of cichlids need to be kept together
they will eat plants (except jave fern) and must be fed on a veggie diet, they can easily get 'malawi bloat' which is fatal if fed on regular high protein foods
21G: ADFs, Amano, Cherry and Tiger Shrimp50G: Pearl Gouramis, Guppies, Neons, Lemons, Pygmy Cories, Otos, Clown Plec, bristlenose pleco, platies, swords50G: Tall, bowfront SA setup, Angels, Festivums, Rams, Pictus', Raphael, bristlenose pleco(10g QT tank)80g: Mbuna, Red Zebras, Yellow Labs, Blue Cobalts, Lab Hongis, Bumblebees, Syno M.punctatus, Plec
Hi the Yellow labs are infact one of the more peaceful and timid chiclids. Whilst being regarded vegies due to being a chiclid but infact they are omnivorous. (but yes watch your plants)
the diet in the wild is 90% veg matter, they also graze on crustaceans amongst the rocks.
good diet should be mainly veg with the occasional protein treat, the frozen brineshrimp + spirulina is suitable about once per week
the are relatively peaceful in comparison to other mbuna, but i would not agree peaceful on the whole, i would not keep them with the rasboras in that picture; besides the rasbora prefer different water conditions