Hello,

I have jumped in at the deep end and purchased 10 lake malawi (I hope)
cichlids for my 260 litre aquarium. I went to the LFS, and asked for 10
compatible lake milawi's, and he gave me a nice selection of small fishes.
He said they would fight over territory and I should have suffecient hiding
places, so I also purchased £100 of aquarium decor rocks. Some sandstone,
and a large bunch of lava rock. Also some nice marble rock. I also added a
"Fluval 4 plus" internal filter to help maintain water quality and provide a
strong current.

Anyway, he says I should sooner before later add my final selection of fish,
he reckons another 10 - 15 would be plenty for the aquarium. He says if I
wait too long, the first fish will stress the new comers out and potentially
kill them.


I can only identify these fish so far:
3 x : http://www.hagblomfoto.com/auratus.htm
They are yellow barred at the moment, I believe as they grow, the colours
change. The 3 of them are bickering over the biggest cave, and one of them
seems to be the dominant fish in the tank at the moment. These are lovely
fish! They all look identical, not sure if male or female.

The other 7 fish, I will take pictures of and post them to my site so you
guys can help identify. The fish shop guy told me the names of them, but
they are long scientific names and I have forgotten.

Regards,

Gary.