Identify ME!

[Drumachine09]

I need the yellowish fish on this page identified asap, please
http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/drumachine09/

[cocoa_pleco]

can you take a clearer pic?
Its really hard to tell

[Drumachine09]

Ill try, but the little bugger wont quit movin!

[Drumachine09]

i added 5 more of the unknown, and 1 of my powder blue. I hope it helps cause i need to know

[cocoa_pleco]

the way I can take pics of my auratus is i give him a cricket and he will stay in the same spot and chew on it for 10 min

[Drumachine09]

I already fed them some hikari biogold pellets, and i dont want to over feed them.

[cocoa_pleco]

... im stumped then

[Drumachine09]

I wish cichlid man was on, he would know

[jweintraub]

The pics are quite blurry, but from what I can see I'd guess it's a "Bumblebee cichlid" Maylandia Crabro. do a yahoo image search or something similar and see if the pics match up to what you've got? Hope I'm right!

[Drumachine09]

Are bumblebees mbunas?
also, my fihs has some rosy red coloration by the bottom of the gills.

[jweintraub]

I'm not sure what the difference is but I also found the "Pseudotropheus crabro" which is also called the "bumblebee". It is from Lake Malawi.

[Drumachine09]

I found the shutter settings on the camera. I will post better pics in about 1.5 hours

[cocoa_pleco]

I have to agree with jweintraub. It looks like a bumblebee

[Drumachine09]

http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/drumachine09/?action=view&current=07.jpg


I added one new pic. Its better than the others. but not by much. the camera is a peice of crap.

[cocoa_pleco]

Thats a bit better. Looks like bumblebees to me

[Drumachine09]

This is the best pic i can possibly get

http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/drumachine09/?action=view&current=08.jpg

[cocoa_pleco]

Thats a bit better. Looks like bumblebees to me


ditto with myself!

[Drumachine09]

i looked at some bumble bees and i dont think they look alike.

[cocoa_pleco]

im stumped then

[f1oored]

That looks very much like a juv. Bumblebee cichlid to me. He is a mbuna and should be fine in your tank. I'm almost 99% sure that is what you have. Pseudotropheus crabro is the old name but the same fish.

Good call jweintraub.

[Drumachine09]

Oh yea, thats right, they look different when they are juvies, should they be fine in a 29?

[kimmers318]

They do look like young bumblebees, although ours was not quite such a bright yellow....gorgeous coloring.
When they mature they can get quite dark. As for staying in a 29, not quite sure about that, they are one of the bigger africans.....ours is pushing over 4" and he is also quite the tank boss.

[f1oored]

In theory he should be fine in the 29 if you stock it properly and get enough rocks in there. I've never kept bumblebees but they seem like very cool fish. I think you should give him a try.

[Drumachine09]

In theory he should be fine in the 29 if you stock it properly and get enough rocks in there. I've never kept bumblebees but they seem like very cool fish. I think you should give him a try.


Will do thanks for everyones help.

I want to get two yellow lab juvies and two either red or albino zebra juvies. would that work.

[f1oored]

Those shouldn't be problems. I would get another socolofi and another bumblebee then get 3 of the labs or the zebras. They should all be fine but try to add them in groups so they don't get picked on.

Lets see a picture of you tank too.
Good luck.

[cocoa_pleco]

i knew it!

[Fishguy2727]

Looks like a bumblebee to me, looks like mine. One at my work was about 7".

[Drumachine09]

Those shouldn't be problems. I would get another socolofi and another bumblebee then get 3 of the labs or the zebras. They should all be fine but try to add them in groups so they don't get picked on.

Lets see a picture of you tank too.
Good luck.


Alright, cool, looks like i know what im talking about then huh?

[f1oored]

Alright, cool, looks like i know what im talking about then huh?

It looks that way... lol