Mistaken Identity

[Ferris]

Hi Trace, in the vid the holding fish does look yellow and could be a lab but the pic earlier shows the same fish as bright orange, which would make it an Estherae. Its possible you do have a pair of labs and its just the lighting on that pic.

Is it bright yellow or bright orange? That will answer it.

 

[trace1]

well to me its yellow. some 1 the other day refered to it as being orange. she does have a bit more of a tint of orange if that makes sence lol. i think you just gona have to come visit & decide for ya self lol. but if they are both yellow labs, now this is the confusing bit i've not noticed any kind of spawning activity going on now i supposed this could have been going on while i'm not looking i just don't know, god i'm so confused now lol

 

[Ferris]

I think its likely now that you have 2 labs for 2 reasons:

1. It is very unlikely that an Estherae and a lab would interbreed.

2. Estherae are a really bright orange and very different to the bright yellow labs, if there's any confusion its probably a lab.

Any chance of another close up pic of the fish in question? should be able to tell by body shape if the colours not clear.

 

[trace1]

right will have to try that 2moz cos the batteries have just gone on the camera, bloody thing don't half go throu a lot of them lol.
did you manage to look at the other pics on my photobucket ??? or did you just look at the vid ??

 

[Ferris]

Looked at the pics too but there wasn't another clear one of the lab/estherae. Whats with the smoking kills pic?

 

[trace1]

lmao only put the fag packet to show the size of the bag that the betta is in lol.
i still need more batteries yet cos my camera just seems to eat them lol.

 

[Ferris]

Get some rechargeables if you can, digi camera's really do eat batteries.

 

[trace1]

i have got rechargable batteries but 1 of them is missing as well kids who needs them lol
will get it sorted but will be after weekend now cos we going of to our van tonight

 

[Ferris]

Caravan is that? anywhere nice?

 

[Nick Sw]

This might be slightly off the thread topic but can I ask where you (Ferris / Trace1) get your Fish from please, I`m the other side of the Pennines (Halifax) but I pass manchester often. I`ve been to a lot of LFS/Aquatics shops and so on in West Yorkshire but not really found anywhere really good for Cichlids most have them labelled up as "Malawi Cichlids" or "Mixed Cichlids" I think I read somewhere there are over 1,400 Cichlids so I suppose it`s not easy to identify them for the average shop.

Tingley Tropicals seemed decent J28 M62.

Nick

 

[Ferris]

Oasis in Salford, really good professional place and great for Cichlids. Website link below, sites not great but it gives you directions etc. Well worth a visit.

Oasis

 

[Nick Sw]

Thanks Ferris I`ll have a look , by the way whats the cichlid on your avatar ?

Nick

 

[clareriley]

Now I have no idea what they are... well they look nothing like my yellow labs here

And yours are more orange than yellow.
And I thought Socolofi had the black stripe on the top? like this
this is my Socolofi at feeding time

and Ihave this which looks alot like yours but I have no ID on this one

 

[Ferris]

@Clareuk - Pretty sure that last pic is a female Socolofi Clare, which is what trace1 has.

@ Nick sw - The Mbuna in my Avatar is a Pseudotropheus Demasoni.

 

[clareriley]

@Clareuk - Pretty sure that last pic is a female Socolofi Clare, which is what trace1 has.

@ Nick sw - The Mbuna in my Avatar is a Pseudotropheus Demasoni.

cool of it is the what I think is a Soulosi of traceys was holding the other day so i dunno no more.