I'm looking for a new victorian

I want to get a new Victorian cichlid. Some thing with stunning colors like the ruby greens but some thing that wont hide allllllll the friggin time!
Any suggestions are welcome along with pics and tank size and stats for the fish
Thanks

Pundamilia nyererei "Mwanza Gulf"

Pundamilia nyererei "Ruti Island" (male)


Pundamilia sp. "Red Flank" (male)


I like these three alot.

Im about to strip my Neochromis Rufacadualis

I will check all of those out. I think I'm ready to give up on my ruby greens.... I'm down to 2 now I don't get it. I hardly ever lose fish. I think once I rehome them I am tearing down the tank and cleaning it thoroughly.

Fern wrote:

I will check all of those out. I think I'm ready to give up on my ruby greens.... I'm down to 2 now I don't get it. I hardly ever lose fish. I think once I rehome them I am tearing down the tank and cleaning it thoroughly.

Mabey Its who they came from....Not a stong breed. Just a thought.

The males were of an entirely different genetic line from the females. If it was the genetics it would have been one or the other that died on me not both.
I may have found a fish that I just cant keep I've heard of plenty of people not being able to keep a certain species of fish.........
I just need to look into a different vic to keep.

micahsutton wrote:

Pundamilia nyererei "Mwanza Gulf"

Pundamilia nyererei "Ruti Island" (male)


Pundamilia sp. "Red Flank" (male)


I like these three alot.

Beautiful....Do this guys mix well with other species from a different lake?

No. The color will fade.( unless you get something very calm as a tank mate like a Frontosa, Plecos or Syn. cats....something like that) They do well with each other. Larger groups. 4-5 females for each male. I have only kept Super Ruby Greens, Yellow belly Alberts and the Rufacodaulis.

Any other suggestions?

Along with what yall have for sale including size and price

Albino Half Crimson, $15 (4")

what is this fish?
is there a name besides albino half crimson?

Paralabidochromis sp. Crimson Tide (albino half crimson)

If anyone knows of a place or someone that has these fish let me know...i am interested

Check the Paralab.?

sp. 'Crimson Tide' is in the Pundamilia genus so I'd assume the albino form is also....?

http://www.safhl.net/davesfish/images/Pundamilia%20sp%20Crimson%20Tide.jpg

So far all that looks like I may want is what micahsutton posted

Fern, if you get a chance to snag some from a reputable source, try to get the P.n. "mwanza". even tho we didn't get an absolute collection location in 2007(Mwanza gulf is quite large) these are the newest (best provenance) P.n.'s available in the US today and are well worthwhile! Absolutely beautiful fish.

This is a SUB-dom male :

BTW

Heres what a DOM male looks like

Are those stunning beauty's yours?!?!?!?!

Were........of all the fish I've ever kept, these (of course!) were about the only ones I wasn't able to have any success breeding Go figure! Ha!

I got a group from the original import in '07, but the females all appeared to be fairly old. After many unsuccessful rearrangements I lost all the females. The FO males were spread out to others who got a hold of F1s from folks who did better with these fish than I did

Sounds like my luck with the ruby greens......

Sorry to go off topic, Fern. I just want to clarify that the albino half crimson is not an albino Pundamilia sp. "Crimson Tide", but rather an albino Paralabidochromis sp. "Half Crimson". To add to the confusion, the half crimson is likely just a color variant of the rock kribensis, which is now Paralabidochromis sauvagei.

Good to know

How about this guy? He's my favorite fish in my 125 gallon.

Nick...I'm jealous. :)

those are some great lookin specimens.