Name That Fish (Pic Heavy

[Frank the Tank]

ok long story short i have inherited around 6 african cichlids from a friend who he getting rid of his tank , i recognised straight away the big blue frontosa but he was a bit clueless as to what the rest were and he even mentioned he had mixed malawis and lake tangs before and they may have cross bred so i have some pictures if peoiple can help identify whether they are malawis or tangs as i plan to stock up some more and will need to consider this

so all guesses and identification welcome, sorry for it being so pic heavy and poor shots

big blue frontosa

i also got this catfish which made a weird squeaking noise when when fished it out

ok these next couple i bought on the same day from someone local and the names i was given were yellow lab, kenyi, ruti island and misc blue mbuna

 

[Davo86]

wow some of those pics are big! opened the page to see a massive Frontosa eye staring back at me,

only ones i can confirm are yellow lab, kenyi and possibly a venustus (or livingstonii),
some look a bit muddy and you have haps mbuna and fronts in the same setup which obviously isn't ideal

 

[Salam]

The catfish is a synodontis.

 

[gregswimm]

The catfish is a synodontis.

Not to be a dick, but that doesn't tell him what fish he has lol. It could be Synodontis euptera, a juvi Synodontis resupinata, or some hybrid. My best guess is that its an euptera, but I would need a better pic. He will need caves and lots of them in order to hide from the cichlids during the day.

That 'frontosa' is not a C.frontosa but a Cyphotilapia gibberosa from either Samazi or Mabilibili. I'm leaning more toward Mabilibili. It does not have enough stripes to be a C.frontosa.

The labs are Labidochromis caeruleus a mbuna

Pic 8 looks like a Nimbochromis livingstonii, either that or it's some other Nimbochromis or Haplochromis

I don't have much Idea about the rest, but I have a feeling they are all some sort of mbuna. I think I may even see the beggings of it.
If you or he intend to keep either the Nimbochromis or the Cyphotilapia you will need nothing under a 125g.
I would advise you separate the Mbuna from the carnivores, Feeding the haps a high protein died will cause bloat.

We also avoid mixing Tanganyika and Malawi, not because of hybridization(almost unheard of cross genus hybridization), but because their personalities are so different.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Yeah managed identify the catfish as a featherfin, in terms of behavior they all seem to get along just now but will see how that changes when i add more stock.

I was worried about the differences in diet but my friend who gave me the fish didn't seem to have many issues and i think he mostly feed them all veg based diet

 

[gregswimm]

Yeah managed identify the catfish as a featherfin, in terms of behavior they all seem to get along just now but will see how that changes when i add more stock.

I was worried about the differences in diet but my friend who gave me the fish didn't seem to have many issues and i think he mostly feed them all veg based diet

That's good. Maybe NLS cichlid formula might have a low enough protein for the mbuna and a high enough protein for the carnivores. If you are feeding a veggie flake I would supplement once a week with high protein for the carnivores (if you can find a way to drop the food in front of their mouth this would be best). Also, feed the catfish in the middle of the night when it is dark with a high protein catfish pellet (faster it sinks the better). Night feeding is prefered so the cichlids don't eat it, the cat is nocturnal anyway.

The cat will need a cave though. The risk of it stressing and getting ill without one is too high. He does not look happy in your picture lol. Definitely get him a cave of sorts, a PVC pipe can work. Expect him to to hit 12" fully grown.