Amphilophus Lyonsi Pics

[always4lora]

Hi'

Some updated pictures of my Lyonsi;

When i first got them:

Now:

 

[johnboy!]

Stunning fish, prefer their close cousins Trimaculatus tho

 

[Delloy12]

Your filter looks like a microphone and looks like your fish trying to sing it

 

[holidayinn]

Stunning fish, prefer their close cousins Trimaculatus tho

Trimacs are much more of a solo fish though.

Nice lyonsi, are you keeping a group?

 

[johnboy!]

Stunning fish, prefer their close cousins Trimaculatus tho

Trimacs are much more of a solo fish though.

Nice lyonsi, are you keeping a group?

Yeah i agree, i tried keeping a pair a few years back, got eggs and wrigglers but the male was like...raping the female so to speak, and no, i had a group of 6 last year but rehomed them when i downsized

 

[minnnt]

They almost look like a cross between a Salvini and a Rainbow Cichlid when young.

You keep some wonderful fish!

 

[hamfist]

Lyonsi are definately on my "want to try some day" list

Looking forward to seeing and hearing about updates on these !

 

[always4lora]

Quick update... down to 4 of these now, 1 somehow managed to jump out of the hole in the tank where the filter pipes go, unfortuantly for the fish the T5 lights cooked it. was rather crispy when i took it out. lost 1 some time back due to my Calophysus macropterus taking one (this is now in the larger tank and about 16inch long)

As you can see they do like the veg i stick in for the plec, between them they ate the majority of a pear i put in the other day!

Excuse the quality btw, DSLR is upstairs and i cant be bothered to go up and get it (lazy i know!) as you can see iphones are not great!

 

[always4lora]

Your filter looks like a microphone and looks like your fish trying to sing it

haha yeh the fx5 outlook doesn't look to neat does it!

Stunning fish, prefer their close cousins Trimaculatus tho

I was stuck between the species to be honest when i got these, i chose these as they're not something i had seen before in person and are less agressive than most amphiliphus species.

Trimacs are much more of a solo fish though.

Nice lyonsi, are you keeping a group?

trying to, if i loose any of the remaning one's i'll buy some more as they're a tasty fish.

They almost look like a cross between a Salvini and a Rainbow Cichlid when young.

You keep some wonderful fish!

Thanks

Lyonsi are definately on my "want to try some day" list

Looking forward to seeing and hearing about updates on these !

I have a 'if i had the money to buy loads of tanks list' lol

 

[always4lora]

and some more i took today :

 

[walkers101]

would go mad for a pair of these stunning