ID my new cichlid plz

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thumsa

thumsa

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Just got this guy and I don't know the difference between a julie and a melanochromis.
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Also this guy, I've had it for a while, but not sure what it is. Sometimes he gets really dark stripes so I'm thinking its a zebra.
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Hey, I just got on for a few minutes way past my bed time... punishment for setting up a new tank I had to start building two Audio towers for your new tv setup... sucks...

but I got the tank...

I hope other chime in to confirm or correct... where is everyone?
 
Close on the Melanochromis Mike, but due to shape of the mouth I'm thinking that the fish is M. chipokae.
I agree with M. callainos for the second. I don't know if they're supposed to show stress barring or not, could be a matter of quality. All the ones I've ever seen have shown at least some degree of barring, be it when stressed or just from poor or hybrid lines.
 
I'll see if I can get a new pic tonight maybe help you guys out. Also, explain to me stress barring. The fish's belly goes from almost completely black to as yellow as the other yellow parts depending on his mood. Sometimes I'll feed him and it will turn black sometimes it just stays yellow. I could swear when we were in the fish store he had a purple look to him. Is this just me not remembering correctly?
 
thumsa;1427202; said:
I'll see if I can get a new pic tonight maybe help you guys out. Also, explain to me stress barring. The fish's belly goes from almost completely black to as yellow as the other yellow parts depending on his mood. Sometimes I'll feed him and it will turn black sometimes it just stays yellow. I could swear when we were in the fish store he had a purple look to him. Is this just me not remembering correctly?
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I was referring to stress barring on the blue one, assumably M. callainos. Some people argue that M. callainos are not supposed to show any barring now matter what. I've never been able to get my hands on a wild or F1 (or otherwise "clean") line of M. callainos so I can't say whether they do or don't from first hand experience.
The yellow/black one is Melanochromis chipokae. They can get quite large and as with most other Melanochromis sp. are also quite aggressive. Males eventually go a blue/purple color. Females may "black out" depending on certain factors but generally keep a black and yellow horizontal bar pattern.
 
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