Xystichromis Kyoga Flamebacks

[jhutch]

Look the same to me

 

[Bre]

Thing is these guys are also very young...There color is going to intensify as they get older.

 

[tydus]

Look the same to me

You can say that again.

 

[tydus]

Thing is these guys are also very young...There color is going to intensify as they get older.

Exactly, their red will get even more intensifying throughout their back and face as they age.

 

[tezr]

again you are fixing the data by posting pics of some that are supposed to be from the same breeder and have the same non-typical markings as the one you have.

yes I think I have 2 and 2 on the chromogynos.

Lets put it this way......
If you saw the following fish in a tank which would you think are the same species?

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[jhutch]

hmmm...interesting

 

[tezr]

Looks like Kyoga Flamebacks to me!!!

what features make it look like a sp. "kyoga Flameback"?

 

[tezr]

Look the same to me

yes they do look like each other but do they look like the fish pictured in the species profile? or match the physical descripters in the species description?

"Xystichromis sp. "Kyoga flameback" has an elongated, laterally compressed "haplochromine" body shape. The cranial profile is straight or slightly convex with large eyes and a medium sized mouth. There is a broken and thickened mid lateral black bar running the length of the body from the caudal peduncle to the gill plate. In regards to male coloration, the top portion of the body, including the head is scarlet red. The lips and lower portion of the head is blue. The bottom portions of the flanks are lime-green and yellow. The dorsal fin is red foremost fading to blue at the rear while the caudal fin has blue streaks at the base flowing to completely red at the extremities. The anal fin is white-blue becoming red at the outer portion. The pelvic fins are jet-black. There is a straight black bar beginning at the corner of the lips and continuing through the eye. Female coloration is an unassuming tan-brown with the same markings found on the males. The lower jaw protrudes slightly beyond the upper. Bicuspid dentition is found in all but large adult males who show some unicuspid teeth in the outer rows. Wild populations are opportunistic insectivores who diet also consists of plant matter. Both sexes have an adult size of 12cm. These aspects are all consistent with the genus Xystichromis"

 

[mahemaheman85]

anyways lol

 

[tydus]

I want to know..... How much experience do you have with victorians? What kind of victorians have you kept and bred? And what is your problem? Do you know that colors of the fish fluctuates depending on so many factors such as water parameters, mood, tank setup, etc etc. I have bred pundamilia crimson tides, pundamilia nyererei ruti islands and python islands, ruby greens, zebra obliquidens, and xystichromis flameback. I can easily distinguish each and every one of those victorian cichlids from experience. I am currently breeding and mainly focusing on the kyoga flamebacks. And they are not ruby greens, hap. tomato, red back scraper, hybrids nor are they the xystichromis flamebacks as stated before on the other forums and such. And also, those pictures I posted of the other kyoga flamebacks, how do you know they come from the same supplier, because I don't even know where Kevin's came from. LOL. Stop assuming things if you don't know the facts and lack personal experience. All I see is you grabbing and taking information from the web and posting them up. Do you yourself have anything to share from your own personal knowledge with victorians?

These are the videos of the crimson tides and nyererei.

Here's my brother's crimson tide colony that I helped and breed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjk9SZZI3pU

Here are the offsprings that I raised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIbTUWxmvk&feature=related

And these are my Nyerereis.
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff204/brivang/?action=view&current=brianpics074.flv