My first babies!!!

My white lab pair finally did the deed and she spit last week. These are my first babies from an african cichlids, i am really excited!

















She had 12 in all

Wow! Nice start! I'm jealous - LOL! In a year of searching I've only managed to have a single white lab :(...

Speaking of which - anyone know where blue labs might be found?

Congrats!!!!


Blue labs? Sounds like a hybrid...

"L. caeruleus was first identified in 1956 by G. Fryer. He described this fish as normally being white, with a black stripe through the dorsal fin, which would become a pale blue cast in breeding males (probably the morph from Nkhata Bay, Malawi). Believe it or not, this species was named caeruleus (meaning "blue" in Latin) for this very reason. It wasn't until around 1980 that this xanthic color variant was discovered by Stuart Grant and his divers. Grant et. al supposedly discovered a small colony of "Electric Yellows" at Lion's Cove, Malawi."

-Cichlid-Forum.com

nice! she looks pooped.

Very nice...

RedDeadDuster wrote:

"L. caeruleus was first identified in 1956 by G. Fryer. He described this fish as normally being white, with a black stripe through the dorsal fin, which would become a pale blue cast in breeding males (probably the morph from Nkhata Bay, Malawi). Believe it or not, this species was named caeruleus (meaning "blue" in Latin) for this very reason. It wasn't until around 1980 that this xanthic color variant was discovered by Stuart Grant and his divers. Grant et. al supposedly discovered a small colony of "Electric Yellows" at Lion's Cove, Malawi."

-Cichlid-Forum.com

Sounds like a very nice blue! I have the Nkhata bay and they are A+!

wow she does look done nice good luck w/ the babys

Thanks guys, ya i put her back in the tank friday and man the male was all over her but she is doing good now. Here she is back in the tank:



I think that article is referring to white labs, because they get a blue sheen to them, the male was pretty blue when breeding, so maybe this is what you are looking for?

congrats on the fry, they say mbuna are not pairing fish, but i did have a spawning pair of p. socolofi myself. nice work!

Anyone know where I can get white labs around me?

Nice pic. Good luck with your fry.

Really cute. Good luck with them.

Nice they look great

Congratz on your first fry ! ! ! (NOW YOU ARE HOOKED, LOL)

She is holding again!!!!!!!!!!

lol nice!!!!! congrats again;)

lol i didnt expect her to hold again so quickly. I am very suprised they breed, i only have 1 male and 1 female in a tank full of haps/peacocks.

Congratz on the new fry!

Hey would you sell me a few fry......i'll come pick them up..

Hey mikey ya i will be more then happy to sell you some, i got twelve right now, they are about .5". I would like to let them grow out a little unless you want them now?

Well it's up to you. I have experience raising them from when they are free swimming so that's not a problem. It's just getting them from your place to mine. But, I live about 5 minutes away if you still live by walmart on the hill.... haha How much would you like for them?

Micha ...mikey... how far are you guys away from each other?

Uhh about 5 min...haha. if that.

We need to get the name of USAfishbox spread around in that area....then get A club meeting. I can send free goodies for door prizes. Spread the word of fishbox!