kaybee
08-12-2009, 02:39 AM
Tropheus sp. Black 'Bemba'/'Pemba' ('Orange Flame'), 1.25"-1.75"/4cm-5cm juveniles:
This tropheus species starts out striped:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph2.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph1.jpg
As they mature the stripes fade and they become black fish, developing a thick orange-red band. These two young bemba's have begun the transformation:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph3.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph4.jpg
This tropheus species starts out striped:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph2.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph1.jpg
As they mature the stripes fade and they become black fish, developing a thick orange-red band. These two young bemba's have begun the transformation:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph3.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y2kenny19/African%20Cichlids%202009/troph4.jpg