Victorian id and fry help!

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Ok I have two females holding. What is the best way to keep they fry? Put them in breeder boxes? Then when they release fry take them out or leave them in with the fry? I have mixed Africans and I know the fry will be eaten in there. Then what should I feed them? Also can you tell me the species these are the best pictures I can get

 

[Andrew McFadden]

They look to me like a thick skin. If your wanting to keep the fry then yes put them in a breeder tank till she spits. Remove the female back to the main tank. You can crush flake food up really small and they will eat it to keep thing simple. As they grow youll need to move them to another tank to keep growing the out

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

I was able to get a hold of the guy I got them from, they are ruby greens

 

[Malawi Freak]

May just be me using my iPhone app but I don't see a holding female.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

No all pics are of male. Females are to hard to get

 

[Andrew McFadden]

I think i was looking at the wrong fish sorry

 

[bobofishman]

May just be me using my iPhone app but I don't see a holding female.

I totally agree with Malawi freak I see a few males and only one female and she don't look like she is holding

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Thick skin the one with the bold verticals stripes?

 

[Shay]

I know they told you those are ruby greens - not so sure that is correct or the line is clean here's a pic of dad to mine in non-spawning colors - will try to get one of the males in full dress

here's another pic but of a fulu for comparison

but the striped ones are a definitely the sp 44 thick skins

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

They look very similar mine are not full grown yet, i don't know if the colors will change more or not. Any idea on what they are if not ruby green?

 

[jfclk33]

I'm pretty new to this, but I was just going to say that they look an awful lot like my Kyoga Flameback. Just a thought.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

From what I have read the two are very often confused

 

[Malawimaddness]

I just got mine, they are zebra obliquidens

 

[Malawimaddness]

I thought I saw o e in the first two pics not sure about the rest tho

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

I do have these don't know if their thick skins or zebra whatever. Anyways they aren't the ones holding. Here is a pic of one of the females not the greatest they like to stay in the back by the plants

 

[Albino Sick Led]

Left, Haplochromis obliquedens?

Ok I have two females holding. What is the best way to keep they fry? Put them in breeder boxes? Then when they release fry take them out or leave them in with the fry? I have mixed Africans and I know the fry will be eaten in there. Then what should I feed them? Also can you tell me the species these are the best pictures I can get

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Fish on the left looks like
-Haplochromis obliquedens (sp. kyoga flameback)

can't really tell on the right side.

Many of these victorian cichlids are part of the haplochormis genus with the only thing changing is the species (sp.)...you will find a lot of
Haplochromis sp. kyoga flameback
Haplochromis sp. all red
Haplochromis sp. red tail back
etc....

The color variations vary quite a bit, easy to have different species look alike as well.


Good luck!

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Yea I think they are ruby greens, the guy I bought from knew his stuff he just named some many I couldn't keep track. I sent him the pictures and he knew right away