Please Help ID

[Ray Christopher]

I got a great deal on a tank setup on craigslist and the seller would not sell unless I took his 11 African cichlids (For free). Needless to say I became obsessed by these fishes overnight. I am having trouble I.D. the type I have. I took some photos, hopefully some of you experience african cichlid keepers can help me ID. Thanks!

 

[eeJamBOYan]

Interesting that the previous seller chose to house these Malawis in black substrate with a black background.
Thats a lot of free fishes for a tank deal.

The tank looks bare with just a branchy driftwood in it?

 

[Milingu]

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Could be a Metriaclima lombardoi (kenyi) an on the other pic could be a Pseudotropheus crabro.

 

[Ray Christopher]

Interesting that the previous seller chose to house these Malawis in black substrate with a black background.
Thats a lot of free fishes for a tank deal.

The tank looks bare with just a branchy driftwood in it?

This was the seller's holding tank while he got the 75 gal ready for the sale.

That was a lot of free fishes. I had different plans for the tank but it quickly became an cichlids tank.

 

[eeJamBOYan]

This was the seller's holding tank while he got the 75 gal ready for the sale.

That was a lot of free fishes. I had different plans for the tank but it quickly became an cichlids tank.

Ahhh that make sense.
Don't think it will just be a cichlid tank. It's going to be an obsession.