help needed to identify cichlid

[Spindoctor]

I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
of chiclids they had trouble identifying.

There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked

I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
had better work out exactly what I am getting first

Any ideas?


Brian

[Mikkel Stepién Munk]

Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I know!
I'm Danish!
"Spindoctor" > skrev i en
meddelelse ...
> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
>
> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
>
> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Brian

[Spindoctor]

On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +0100, "Mikkel Stepién Munk"
> wrote:

>Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I know!
>I'm Danish!
>"Spindoctor" > skrev i en
>meddelelse ...
>> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
>> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
>>
>> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
>> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
>> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
>> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
>>
>> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
>> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
>> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Brian
>

Try doing that where I live (Bristol) and you will end up with an
empty tank

I did my research, got together my list of ideal fishes and have spent
a fruitless month trying to find even one of them, so far I've been to
six different shops and even tried to find a private breeder without
success

I'm assuming that the fish above is a colour variation of a fish that
was on my "long list"

Brian

[T]

Would they be "Lemon" cichlids?? I am not certain of the terminology for
Labs.. I am assuming Electric Yellows...I have a group of 6 EL's.. four are
dark yellow, and two are much lighter, although they do show the verticle
strips and faint black markings on thier dorsal fins...

Timmer...... Canadian in Cali
"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +0100, "Mikkel Stepién Munk"
> > wrote:
>
> >Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I
know!
> >I'm Danish!
> >"Spindoctor" > skrev i en
> >meddelelse ...
> >> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
> >> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
> >>
> >> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream (almost
> >> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
> >> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
> >> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
> >>
> >> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
> >> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
> >> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >> Brian
> >
>
> Try doing that where I live (Bristol) and you will end up with an
> empty tank
>
> I did my research, got together my list of ideal fishes and have spent
> a fruitless month trying to find even one of them, so far I've been to
> six different shops and even tried to find a private breeder without
> success
>
> I'm assuming that the fish above is a colour variation of a fish that
> was on my "long list"
>
> Brian

[Dee Dee Russell]

For ten years or so, I had golden severums that match that description.
They were beautiful fish, but large, at 8" or so once fully grown. Perhaps
that's what you have.
"T" > wrote in message
k.net...
> Would they be "Lemon" cichlids?? I am not certain of the terminology for
> Labs.. I am assuming Electric Yellows...I have a group of 6 EL's.. four
are
> dark yellow, and two are much lighter, although they do show the verticle
> strips and faint black markings on thier dorsal fins...
>
> Timmer...... Canadian in Cali
> "Spindoctor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:39:44 +0100, "Mikkel Stepién Munk"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >Normally, I read up on the fish and then buy 'em - but hey, what do I
> know!
> > >I'm Danish!
> > >"Spindoctor" > skrev i en
> > >meddelelse ...
> > >> I've just started up a cichlid tank and picked up from my LFSa couple
> > >> of chiclids they had trouble identifying.
> > >>
> > >> There are like yellow labs, but the colur is a very pale cream
(almost
> > >> the same as the coral sand) , the shop thought they were young lallow
> > >> labs but both are a reasonable size, and the contrast with the much
> > >> smaller normal yellow labs in the tank was marked
> > >>
> > >> I have to say I love the colour and am tempted to go back and get two
> > >> more to try and establsih a breeding group of four, but I thought I
> > >> had better work out exactly what I am getting first
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Brian
> > >
> >
> > Try doing that where I live (Bristol) and you will end up with an
> > empty tank
> >
> > I did my research, got together my list of ideal fishes and have spent
> > a fruitless month trying to find even one of them, so far I've been to
> > six different shops and even tried to find a private breeder without
> > success
> >
> > I'm assuming that the fish above is a colour variation of a fish that
> > was on my "long list"
> >
> > Brian
>
>

[Spindoctor]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:07:08 GMT, "Dee Dee Russell"
> wrote:

Have checked lemon cichlid and golden severums but don't resemble
either, if it wasn't for the colour being so pale and creamy, I would
just say they were a slightly bleached out yellow lab, since the
markings are very similar, but at present there isn't even a trace of
yellow,

Brian

[Sarotherodon]

"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:07:08 GMT, "Dee Dee Russell"
> > wrote:
>
> Have checked lemon cichlid and golden severums but don't resemble
> either, if it wasn't for the colour being so pale and creamy, I would
> just say they were a slightly bleached out yellow lab, since the
> markings are very similar, but at present there isn't even a trace of
> yellow,
>
> Brian
Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt" maybe? There are several species/varieties of
Labidochromis with similar shape to the electric yellows.

[The Madd Hatter]

This is what I was thinking of as well. Labidochromis Perlmutts. Do some of
them occassionally show vert. stripes?

"Sarotherodon" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Spindoctor" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:07:08 GMT, "Dee Dee Russell"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > Have checked lemon cichlid and golden severums but don't resemble
> > either, if it wasn't for the colour being so pale and creamy, I would
> > just say they were a slightly bleached out yellow lab, since the
> > markings are very similar, but at present there isn't even a trace of
> > yellow,
> >
> > Brian
> Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt" maybe? There are several species/varieties
of
> Labidochromis with similar shape to the electric yellows.
>
>

[Spindoctor]

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:00:46 GMT, "The Madd Hatter"
> wrote:

>This is what I was thinking of as well. Labidochromis Perlmutts. Do some of
>them occassionally show vert. stripes?
>

>> Labidochromis with similar shape to the electric yellows.
>>
>>
>

unfortunately no

Brian