What Species are These?

**tanksalot707** · 01-10-2011, 04:41 AM

I made a big mistakei n buying these guys without a proper home so I'm buying a 100 Gallon tank from a lady I work with.....

Obviously they're african Cichlids but what exact species? The putz at the LPS didn't know other than they are fish that cost $6.00.

I'm trying to find out exactly what they are as I need to know how to get my tank set up properly.

I figure that since they're so small they'll be fin in the ten for a few days, maybe a week until I get the tank purchased, moved,and setup.

Are any of these products for fishless cycling worth their own packaging or are they pretty good?

**Lab_Rat** · 01-10-2011, 04:49 AM

First one is some kind of OB hybrid mbuna and a Melanochromis auratus.
Second one is a Melanochromis auratus.
Third one looks like a baby Sciaenochromis fryeri (a hap, not mbuna).
Fourth is a Labidochromis caeruleus.
Fifth is a Pseudotropheus socolofi albino.

They may or may not be ok in a 10g for a few days. The auratus are wicked aggressive.