The cichlid genus Pseudocrenilabrus consists of four scientifically named Dwarf Haplochromis endemic to the African continent. Here they are found in a variety of freshwater habitats (including rivers, sinkholes, lakes and creeks) abounding with natural forms of cover which afford protection against … Read more about A TASTE IN FINGERS? – BITTEN BY THE SOUTHERN MOUTHBROODER
Neolamprologus pulcher Daffodil II
When I first started keeping tropical fish as a young child, I often marveled at a fish many stores identified as the brichardi cichlid. The fish may not have been colored with the spectacular coloration of the Malawi Peacocks or the Victorian Haps, but what it lacked in flashy color the brichardi … Read more about Neolamprologus pulcher Daffodil II
Striking Tanganyikan Gold
While the Mbunas and Haploids of Lake Malawi would be more familiar to most aquarists of the ACT and surrounds, many fish from Lake Tanganyika are commonly found in local fish shops. The Lemon Cichlid (Neolamprologus leleupi), the Princess Cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi), and several species … Read more about Striking Tanganyikan Gold
Spawning Neolamprologus sp. ‘caudopunctatus kipili’
This is another species of Lake Tanganyikan cichlid that I have been working with recently. As you can tell by the name this is a species of fish that has yet to be officially named. Although it does resemble Neolamprologus quite a bit, it is currently classified as a separate species. In Ad Konings … Read more about Spawning Neolamprologus sp. ‘caudopunctatus kipili’
My Experiences With A Substrate Spawner Hemichromis bimaculatus, the Jewel Cichlid
In this article I will be talking about my experiences with a West African substrate spawner, the Hemichromis bimaculatus, commonly known as the Two Spotted Jewel Cichlid. Keep in mind that not all substrate spawners will partake in these exact events from one specie of fish to another. All … Read more about My Experiences With A Substrate Spawner Hemichromis bimaculatus, the Jewel Cichlid
Breeding the “Malawi Eye-Biter”
Dimidiochromis compressiceps has been on my list for many years, as a fish that I had wanted to keep and breed. I have observed this fish in the wild in its golden form at Chizumulu Island, Malawi and Cobwe, Mozambique. This golden form (male, female are both golden), is available to us Cichlid … Read more about Breeding the “Malawi Eye-Biter”
Cyrtocara moorii
Introduction Cyrtocara moorii, also known in the hobby as Haplochromis moorii or the Malawi Blue Dolphin, was named after the collector of the type material, J. E. S. Moore. Moorii was first described in 1902, and was first exported out of Africa in 1968. It gained the nickname "blue dolphin" due … Read more about Cyrtocara moorii
Spawning Stomatepia pindu (Barombi Mbo)
Down in Western Africa in the country of Cameroon there are many volcanoes that are now occupied by crater lakes. One of these lakes is Barombi Mbo. Barombi Mbo is home to over a dozen cichlid species, including 11 endemic species, which evolved from a single species over the last 10,000 years. The … Read more about Spawning Stomatepia pindu (Barombi Mbo)