can someone tell me what these africans are?

[macantley]

the only one i know is the african yellow.

i have an albino one not in the photo's he's had a broken back but still seems to get around fine.


i got them from someone who bought a new tank and didnt want these fish that came with it (150 gallon tank) and i put them in my 65 gallon tank i was setting up for native fish.

anyway im wondering what these are and how much approx. they are worth.

hope someone enjoys these.

matthew

 

[toehead11183]

yellow lab
auratus
electric blue
albino socolofi
ob peacock
some type of borleyi

 

[mike dunagan]

borleyi is female too... red fin

 

[toehead11183]

borleyi is female too... red fin

how did you sex it?

 

[mike dunagan]

females stay black, males get color... male color up small, unlike peacocks... oh and I have 3 females... had a male RIP (thought you could swim through rocks)...

for comparison you can see the male hap... it already has color, male borleyi should as well...

 

[mike dunagan]

oh all are the more common type... the hap should get you more and so should the borleyi... not huge but something how big are each?

 

[macantley]

oh all are the more common type... the hap should get you more and so should the borleyi... not huge but something how big are each?

as far as i know they are all full grown, the previous owner said he had them all for 3 years except for the two yellowish colored ones that are short in hieght but long, one of those is about 3" and the other is about 5" (only about 1-1.5" barrel shaped though.

the electric blue is approx 6-8" long, the electric yellow is about 4.5-5" long, the two blackish colored fish are 6" or so, the one hiding int he rocks is about 6" long, also, the albino one that ended up being in the full tank picture is about 4" long but is probably stunted due to its broken back that healed poorly. the yellow/brown one and the other yellowish colored one (not electric yellows) are approx 4" long.

matthew

 

[mike dunagan]

where are you selling them? internet fish store? auction?

 

[macantley]

ill probably see if any of the local fish stores want them, im not really confident in shipping them seeing as ive never done it before, if someone was local id give them away really, they are way too large to be living in a 65 gallon aquarium, they need a 125 long, or a 150 in my opinion.

im not a big fan of african cichlids anyway, id rather have local natives, or some south/central americans.

matthew