"Rich" wrote in message
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Its close, however his stripes go up and down, like a zebra. Also, he
is a darker blue, but that maybe due to his age. Also, his fins are
solid black except the light blue edge that surrounds the fins. Thanks
for the reply



"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
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"Rich" wrote in message
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I've been kicking around the idea of combining my tanks into a large
one
(around the 180-220 gal range) but before I do that I want to make
sure
that
they wont kill each other. I've gotten most of my fish identified
but one
has thown me. I picked it up from the lfs a couple of months ago (he
was
sick and they was going to freeze him). I nursed him back to health
and
he
is doing great. In fact he is doing so good he kicked the crap out
of my
sunshine to the point that the sunshine is in the hospital tank
regaining
his strength...and his fins. I origanally thought he was from the
melanochromis family because of his shape; however, after checking
around
i
think he is closer to a metriaclima. He is a very bright blue with
virtical
black stripes, except on his face where they are horizontal. All his
fins
are black but lined with a light blue on the outside edges.

I will post a pic if someone would educate me on posting pics.

P.S. He is only about 2 and half inches and he is starting to rule
the
tank. He is now bulling my marmalade peacock. Even the big ruby
wont
mess
with that little sucker.

Thanks for any info

Rich



Sounds like it might be Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos. Check out these
and see
if it is a match:-

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=309

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...ies.php?id=756

Got one male, two females and one 1cm baby in my Malawi tank

Gill


My first choice would be a Pseudotropheus demasoni. Otherwise,
Cynotilapia afra? Pseudotropheus elongatus? Some of the Labeotropheus
and Labidochromis approach your description.
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