Let me rephrase the question....What were her tankmates. Forgot to mention it was a female. Latisfaciata
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Finally some decent pictures of my fish. You'll have to excuse the poorly decorated tank but I just moved 200 kilometres with 200 fish 2 days ago and haven't had time to really make the tanks look spiffy 
The Astotilapia Lasfasciata were some of my less cooperative fish when it came to posing for pics but I got some decent shots and they're still in post-moving stress de-colouration but anyways here they are :
Best shot I could get off the subdominant male (of either male really)
This is the dominant male in his cave
The group (one holding female in that shot, can you tell which ? [probably not!]):
The Astotilapia Lasfasciata were some of my less cooperative fish when it came to posing for pics but I got some decent shots and they're still in post-moving stress de-colouration but anyways here they are :Best shot I could get off the subdominant male (of either male really)
This is the dominant male in his cave
The group (one holding female in that shot, can you tell which ? [probably not!]):
Alistriwen;1742039; said:Finally some decent pictures of my fish. You'll have to excuse the poorly decorated tank but I just moved 200 kilometres with 200 fish 2 days ago and haven't had time to really make the tanks look spiffy
Best shot I could get off the subdominant male (of either male really)
This is the dominant male in his cave
The group (one holding female in that shot, can you tell which ? [probably not!]):
very very nice! The one hiding by the rock i think is holding.
are those thick skin haps? if soo have you tried them with anything else? are they real agressive?
Red Devil;1744473; said:
Nope. That's a male. The fems don't get the orange and yellow marking.
Looks to me like a guy stressed out because of the move and is hiding but still showing great color.
Sic_Maggot13;1744839; said:
Not skin Haps. Skins don't get that much red. Generally they are called Zebra Obliquidens but that name is taken from another fish that is pretty much extinct.
As for aggression, they are no aggressive at all. I have two males and two fems in with peacocks, yellow labs, a tret, couple of juliis, etc. My dominant male and and the two fems have bred twice now. Well, one of the fems is holding again, still waiting on the other. So 1.5 times...
But even when in breeding mode they are not aggressive even towards fairly tranquil Africans....
TheFanatic;1745753; said:
alright, you know anything about the thich skin haps? we have like 20 of these zebras at my work. might pick one up
You are right Liz if you meant the 3rd pic in the bottom right hand corner 
Sic - No they are not species 44 aka thickskin haps aka haplichromis obliquidens aka haplichromis sp 44 Although often, Sp. 44 is mistakenly labeled as Zebra Obliquiden they two fish are easily distinguished from one another. As to whether or not they can be kept with other fish.. donno The only other fish theyve been with were fish I fed to them lol. Most of my breeders are in species tanks for various reasons though so I may never find out. Maybe if I end up with a really stunning male I'll throw him in a community tank but until then no dice hehe.
And yah the fish were still in post-move stress so the male was doing some serious hiding and actually his colours are very faded, he's much nicer when he's happy.
Sic - No they are not species 44 aka thickskin haps aka haplichromis obliquidens aka haplichromis sp 44
Although often, Sp. 44 is mistakenly labeled as Zebra Obliquiden they two fish are easily distinguished from one another. As to whether or not they can be kept with other fish.. donno The only other fish theyve been with were fish I fed to them lol. Most of my breeders are in species tanks for various reasons though so I may never find out. Maybe if I end up with a really stunning male I'll throw him in a community tank but until then no dice hehe. And yah the fish were still in post-move stress so the male was doing some serious hiding and actually his colours are very faded, he's much nicer when he's happy
.Wow, saw the two males fighting today. THeyre roughly equal in size and brawn so it's no surprise they both stay mostly coloured and that in a smaller tank theyre brawling now. What really blew me away were the colours they put on to fight, especially the alpha male. He had bright red in his tail and a great blue tinge to his finnage. The red in his belly was intense and the yellow was super vibrant. The fighting was hardcore but only lasted 20 seconds or so before dominance was re-established. I may divide the lot into two tanks or throw the subdominant male into a community tank.
