Mango Orange Cichlid (Help ID)

So, i know this isnt the best thing to do... whatever.

my sister took a trip to the local wally world. She has been asking for WEEKS what type of fish she can put in my tank.
i told her i am looking for only aulonocara's and yellow labs.. well... now i have 10 yellow labs... and an Orange guy.



so now my 2 species tank is quickly becoming an assorted tank ... GRRRRRR!


anyways, here is a picture of the little guy, im sorry its blurry but it wont quit moving.

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its a beautiful fish, great coloring. i just need to know what kind it is so i can research a bit and know what to expect in the future.


10x Yellow Lab
1x Venustus
1x Kenyi
1x Transcriptus
6x Aulonocara
2x Acei

red zebra is my guess

sandnuka wrote:red zebra is my guess

BINGO, this little guy has the pearling color or egg spots on the rear fins too.


ive only heard bad things about the zebra... GREATTTT lol.

Pseudotropheus are awesome tho!

i already have Aceis.

now i need some Demasoni, and Lombardoi

Polit and salousi ... lol.

i think i just fell in love with Pseudotropheus and i didnt even realize it...

ill always love my aulonocara's but all of these Pseudotropheus look amazing.
the coloring, the patterns, the temper. all of it!

lol..... sounds like you fell in love with lake mallawii fishes in general.... well good choice.. it seems to be the most popular african cichlid tanks around... I heard demasoni are super vicious lil' guys, I know a couple breeders on here... larry, and betty... They actually have allot of the species you named and I would consider them as close to experts on mallawii as they come... both are pretty modest though.

Let me know if you come up with any questions, Danny. I breed a number Pseudotropheus, including Acei and Demasoni, along with a number of other mbuna.

larry.beck wrote:Let me know if you come up with any questions, Danny. I breed a number Pseudotropheus, including Acei and Demasoni, along with a number of other mbuna.

Funny. Im actually dating a girl for paulsbo, its such a drive i hardly get to see her.

the only question i have is...


When will you have some for sale? how much? and when can i purchase them?


i want a few more acei's i only have 2, id like maybe 3 more.
i could go for a for sure male venustus, and a female aswell.
interested in a few dems aswell, maybe a male, and 2-3 females.

or honestly whatever suggestions you have.
they need to get along with yellow labs and peacocks.

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told you larry would take care of you... the guy has a ton of exp with those kinda fish. So listen what he tells ya.... I almost got a bunch of dems from him.... actually, im still not 100% on my tank, I just may have his fish stocked in it. When I decide what lake Im doing.

Thanks for the kind words sand.

I'm gonna get you into that dem tank one of these days.

Gotta say, these are still probably my favorite mbuna to just sit and watch. A tank filled with lace rock and stocked heavy with these guys is a blast.