Yellow African Cichlids

[rifty]

they look orange to me mate
id probably say hybred due to the purchase location and quality including the barring
sorry

 

[Stephan]

Haha nothing to be sorry about. When u say hybrid any idea a hybrid of what? So r u saying one is bright orange and the others are light orange.

I'm just looking for info on what their needs are and what I can expect from them.

 

[Stephan]

Haha nothing to be sorry about. When u say hybrid any idea a hybrid of what? So r u saying one is bright orange and the others are light orange.

I'm just looking for info on what their needs are and what I can expect from them.

 

[Stephan]

Haha nothing to be sorry about. When u say hybrid any idea a hybrid of what? So r u saying one is bright orange and the others are light orange.

I'm just looking for info on what their needs are and what I can expect from them.

 

[rifty]

they could be a mix of yellow labs and red zebra or saulosi or god knows what? its quite common for malawis to mix with similar coloured malawis in a tank, its an unfortunate part of the hobby as pure strain fish become harder to find in lfs.
they will act like a normal mbuna just do weekly 50% water changes and fill your tank with lots of rock and feed a good quality food sprinula flake is a good option.
my honest advice would be take them back find a local breeder and get a trio or quad of saulosi 1m 3 female

 

[Stephan]

And can I then keep that trio or quad in a 20 gallon tank?

 

[rifty]

too small for malawis the smallest id say would be 30g for 3/4 fish

 

[Stephan]

So only one of these is left. Normally I wouldnt even think of this but went to a restaurant with a huge tank that had a bunch of unmixables in it.

Can I successfully put this single fish in my 55 with rainbow shark angels gourami ?