The Cichlid Room Companion

As they mature the dominant male will be obvious. For the rest, venting? No other way seems certain as the color and size seems to vary past the dominant male. He will do a good job going after and even eliminating
likely sub-dominant males.

Females of this species will typically not have black pelvic fins. Not all males will color; sub-dominant males often will show minimal color and could be mistaken for females, especially when they are smaller/younger. All the females I kept of this species never developed any red color but it is no...

This particular species has a variable appearance; most often the males I have seen are orange to pinkish. The blotching is different than that found on chromogynous. The piebald blotching ranges from very little to almost the entire fish and has a background of very small flecks whereas the chromog...

Attended club meetings in the '80s as a kid and lived about since then; but nowhere better for cichlids than Ohio. Looking forward to another
first-class Extravanganza; could not pass on the 'privileges' of membership this year.

Presentation Title: Formulated Fish Feed: Practical Considerations for Feeding Cichlid Fish.

Looking forward to visiting with folks on Friday.

For what it's worth, this strain was originally obtained from a shop and purported as F1 from Old World Exotic Fish [later confirmed these did indeed come from Old World]. I too could not find any mention of the location "Mpanga" on any maps or elsewhere describing the fish. The closest th...

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These are great; one of the best "blueberry zebras" I've ever seen. Old World Exotic Fish has a great strain here in the U.S. Just recently started a new group of these around the size you show above. Good quality fish will be elongate as those you show above and have both a BB and marmala...

Obtained a few of this fish early this past summer. I assume they are out of Old World stock and were listed as Hap. "fire red" Uganda [as I'd imagine that's what Old World had them listed as and are likely the more recent hobbyist source of this fish]. Here's a pic. of a male that just co...

Obtained these as P. nyererei "makobe". About 1.5 yrs. old; relatively slow to develop and not that large in size (dom. male 85 mm). Thoughts on an ID given your discussions? http://www.bigskycichlids.com/images/Pnyererei_makobe_2.jpg http://www.bigskycichlids.com/images/Pnyererei_makobe.j...

hi If not, I could send some as soon as I have fry from both species xris :) That would be great :wink: I'm fairly convinced those above are probably hybrids; I believe the hobbyists I obtained them were from Texas so they may be from the unidentified Armke's "black & orange Ukewere" ...

I hate to be a downer, but it's quite possible that with both species being sold as "black and orange nyererei", we may very well have hybrids of the two species. That seems to be the case with the specimens I've kept. Characteristics of both, with the appearance of the males tending towa...

The female photos are of a younger/juvenile female. Female became progressively more dark with age. Pelvics were orange (see fright/stress pattern above) but perhaps not always so and not as bright as Chris's photos. The length of the caudal peduncle in the fish I've kept is much seems much more sim...

The color certainly looks very similar to xanthopteryx; what troubles me is the spots in the anal fin seemed to be smaller/btwn the rays and by comparing from Chris's photo in the earlier post, the ratio of eye diameter vs. distance to meeting of upper and lower jaw is much greater in his photo of L...

Obtained at 2003 ACA convention as Hap. "black & orange" nyererei; assummed it was P. igneopinnis. Fairly certain it mostly fits better under L. xanthopteryx given the recent forum discussions viewed. Thoughts? All photos are of the same male specimen. Most images I've seen of "P....

Nile perch has been prevented from spreading into the satellite lakes by swamp vegetation that separate them from the main lakes. If these swamps prevent Nile perch from spreading into the lakes, it is possible to conserve fish species, especially haplochromines, which are threatened by introductio...

Care is much the same as the very similar L. nkambae. For tank-raised adults a minimum of a 4' long tank (75 or greater) will be necessary; a minimum of a 6' tank is probably required for wildcaught. The trick with both kendalli and nkambae is getting a pair to form without them eliminating one anot...

Thanks for the article link. Interesting; especially the relationship of the Tropheops group....now if they could add P. williamsi or P. perspicax to that investigation.

Your response was actually quite clear (and logical). Wish I had known of this (forum) resource prior to writing the article as it could have been made much more clear. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

The January 2006 issue of Cichlid News has an article I authored on this fish: http://bigskycichlids.com/images/Ppulpican_1.jpg The editor noted the genus assignment of Cynotilapia to this species (formerly Ps. sp. "kingsizei likoma") has not been accepted among taxonomist and the designat...