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Offline ruthcatrin

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Got my new cichlids yesterday!!
« on: February 03, 2010, 12:12:44 PM »
(spread out over two different tanks)

2 Neolamprologus buescheri Kachese

5 Lamprologus melegrise

5 Altolamprologus calvus Inkfin

I'll get pics once they're settled in.  They're juvi's, but I can already tell the individuals apart.  Someone tell me why they don't sell the little guys like the melegrise in stores?? I've been satisfying my cichlid want by putting a single fish in a 20g (usually a single 6 inch Kenyi) with what ever other fish they'll tolerate (which in some cases wasn't much).  These little guys are cute as a button & already exploring the tank & settling on teritories.


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Re: Got my new cichlids yesterday!!
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 09:08:27 PM »
Finially got some pics of these guys!  The inkfins still aren't much to look at, they didnt want to cooperate for the camera, but the melegrise cooperated wonderfully!

The buescheri:







The inkfins:






and far to many pictures of the melegrise lol:







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Re: Got my new cichlids yesterday!!
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 05:36:20 PM »
Can deffo understand the abundance of the melegrise pics, they're gorgeous!
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Re: Got my new cichlids yesterday!!
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2010, 09:21:22 AM »
They were really funny too.  Usually when i haul out the camera fish act like the inkfins did, they run to the back of the tank & try to hide.  The melegrise ran to the FRONT of the tank & started showing off!