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Evening all.
Could you help me identify the below please? TIA

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100L: 14 x Rummy Nose Tetra; 14 x Ember Tetra; 6 x Sterbai Cory;

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I'm not going even try, other than Malawi's or Tanganyika's.

Over to you @black ghost!
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I’m not good at Rift Lake Cichlids, sorry.

All I know is the last one is Astatotilapia obliquidens, from Lake Victoria.
The one above it looks like an Aulonocara.
The middle one looks familiar but the name isn’t coming to me.
The top two look like mbunas, from lake Malawi.
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I could show the pictures on cichlid-forum.com if you like... if you’re not a member. You’ll get answers there.
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black ghost wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 23:19 pm I could show the pictures on cichlid-forum.com if you like... if you’re not a member. You’ll get answers there.
That would be brilliant BG, thank you
268L:

100L: 14 x Rummy Nose Tetra; 14 x Ember Tetra; 6 x Sterbai Cory;

60L:
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Iirc, some are mbuna and others are haps which shouldn’t be mixed due to diets.

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I can't seem to find the list of Tanganyika species, and then you have hybrids in the mix too.

The middle one looks like a 'Zebra Red'.
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Results so far, from top down.

Melanochromis johanni (probably electric blue).
OB Zebra, probably female.
Still uncertain.
Placidochromis milomo, male.
Haplochromis obliquidens, probably female.
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the uncertain one is a skinny albino red peacock :) ( I think )
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fr499y wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 13:04 pm the uncertain one is a skinny albino red peacock :) ( I think )
Seems an odd head shape for a peacock. Zebra was also suggested. Do skinny ones look like this?
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looks pretty much the right shape for a Aulonocara stuartgranti, maybe a hybrid? It doesn't quite look pale enough for an albino zebra.
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