africans for my pond

[Pharaoh]

I agree, go with a monomorphic species. It will give you a lot more color.

 

[CichlidsRool]

I have a 200G multilevel plastic tub pond that I would like to keep some africans in while the weather allows, then they go inside. I'm thinking malawi just looking for some species ideas, more specifically something I could sell or trade the fry of. So no red zebra, yellow labs, kenyi, you know the stuff every shop has. Oh and something with color so I can actually see them would be nice. I want to keep only one species and just let them grow up and breed in there. thanks guys

i thought about doing the same thing , but i didn't follow through, if you do it let us know how it goes, i like to know the resolute.good luck

 

[MalawiTango]

sounds like a cool idea.

 

[Timthedrifter]

If it was me I would do a colony of demasoni. Both males and females have great color and they are usually in pretty high demand so you could trade in the babies for a decent amount.

Peacocks are great but females are really drab so you would only have a few colorful fish.

humm good point. are there any species other than kenyi, where the female has a different color than the male, but they both have color.

 

[greenearthlawns]

red zebra females are orange or ob and males can be ob/ blue/ or orange! Mbunas also will shoal they are really cool I have a 75 gal full of them they look amazing I'll try to get a good pic for you to see... Also the melanochromis males trun black with white stripes while females are yellow with black stripes here is my male and female...

 

[greenearthlawns]

Also salousis have a good contrast in color...

 

[Timthedrifter]

the red zebra and melanochromis are just too common, couldnt get rid of the fry arnt worth anything ahha, the shop I work at has them for $2. I do like the Pseudotropheus Saulosi though. I've never much looked into any Pseudotropheus but I'm loving all the species I find. This project may have me expanding the pond so I can do 2 different species in 2 different sections.

 

[Blue2Fyre]

Saulosi can be hard to find and when you do they are usually pricey. I think they would be a great option for you. There is also Pseudotropheus Msobo, (or is it Maylandia msobo?) anyway they get a bit bigger than salousi but the females are a beautiful yellow and the males are blue and black.

 

[Timthedrifter]

well this is about to become a pond renovation filled with africans so I'm gunna start a thread in the pond section. thanks for all the great ideas guys.