Need advice

[amyotte]

hey all,

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a smallish colourful Lake
Victoria cichlid, and what African cichlids would go well with said fish.

I have been into regular cichlids for quite a while and I would like
something more colourful.

thanks
Shawn

[Kevin Bauman]

"amyotte" > wrote in message
...
> hey all,
>
> I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a smallish colourful Lake
> Victoria cichlid, and what African cichlids would go well with said fish.
>
> I have been into regular cichlids for quite a while and I would like
> something more colourful.
>
> thanks
> Shawn
>
There are quite a few victorians that are about the same size and
temperament as many mbuna. Unfortunately they like to be kept at the same 1
male to 3 female ratio as the mbuna ..... and the females victorians are
usually not very colorful.

The Paralabidochromis rock kribensis are reasonably common and the females
are a nice yellow with black stripes while the males are very similar except
that they have quite a bit of red. A chain store in Ohio (Jacks Aquarium)
carries them quite often and they are less than $6.00 each. You can see
mine on my web site:
http://home.columbus.rr.com/baumancichlids/Kribensis.htm (the blue variety
is NOT common but if you scroll down you can see the yellow variety)

Kevin B.

[Rich Conley]

THere are Mbuna that sattisfy your requirements...gorgeous males and females.
Look at Kenyi, ps. Salousoi, ps. "Msobo deep", Mel. Johanni, etc... ps.
Demasoni,

Kevin Bauman wrote:

> "amyotte" > wrote in message
> ...
> > hey all,
> >
> > I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a smallish colourful Lake
> > Victoria cichlid, and what African cichlids would go well with said fish.
> >
> > I have been into regular cichlids for quite a while and I would like
> > something more colourful.
> >
> > thanks
> > Shawn
> >
> There are quite a few victorians that are about the same size and
> temperament as many mbuna. Unfortunately they like to be kept at the same 1
> male to 3 female ratio as the mbuna ..... and the females victorians are
> usually not very colorful.
>
> The Paralabidochromis rock kribensis are reasonably common and the females
> are a nice yellow with black stripes while the males are very similar except
> that they have quite a bit of red. A chain store in Ohio (Jacks Aquarium)
> carries them quite often and they are less than $6.00 each. You can see
> mine on my web site:
> http://home.columbus.rr.com/baumancichlids/Kribensis.htm (the blue variety
> is NOT common but if you scroll down you can see the yellow variety)
>
> Kevin B.