Welcome To My New Fish :) Pic Heavy

[locust267]

They arrived from Northants Malawis yesterday morning - They are all still babies but already seem to have great colour and seem very happy exploring!

I have:

3 x BN's
5 x Yellow Labs
5 x Pseudo Elong Mpanga
4 x Afra Hara

Here are some pictures:

Enjoy

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Fish look lovely, but were no concerns raised about mixing two cichlids with similar colour markings, blue with black vertical stripes?

 

[FishNChimps]

Wow, they're gorgeous, the blue ones especially.

 

[IanS]

Absolutely stunning looking fish you have there

 

[locust267]

I did ask in a separate topic if they'd be ok and I got the go ahead (this was weeks ago) also asked a couple of forum members and the guy who runs northants and they all said they'll be fine.

Although Cichlids they're less aggressive than others. The hara should also be much paler than the Mpanga

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Fair enough, I know very little about Rift Valley cichlids, but was vaguely aware of potential trouble by mixing species with similar colour patterns (especially between the males if there are not lots of females to divert their attention). Good luck with the fish, I expect you will be posting about fry within six months or so!

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Its very lovely

 

[locust267]

Thanks all

I hope I get fry (for now, lol) as I'm not fully stocked yet, so be good to save cash, hehe!

 

[IanS]

Thanks all

I hope I get fry (for now, lol) as I'm not fully stocked yet, so be good to save cash, hehe!

So how many can you stock in you tank ( take it's 260ltr) if you don't mind me asking out of curiosity

Ian

 

[locust267]

I've been told between 20-30 fish by a few people, I currently have one ex1200 running and a 1600lph power head, but will be adding another ex1200 in new year.

 

[trippytrance]

Great selection of fish you have there.. Very nice colours too

 

[Malawi MaD]

Congrats Vickie
Looking good

 

[mishmash]

Congrats Vickie
Looking good

Awesome ! The Afras look great. Congrats on the new tank. I can see this forum is going to infect me with MTS really quickly ! LOL

 

[neil@northantsmalawis]

Hi Vickie

The fish look great, glad your happy with them. The aquascape is very nice.

 

[housty29]

they look real well , im lookin 2 do the same as u wen i get my fish i have now re homed, any chance of a pic of the whole tank??