hi guys well today we finally decided on some new fish and we got these 4 little cuties







now we know they are chilards but are unsure on the exact type the yellow once were called eletric yello chilards! now they are ina tank that has been cycled for 48 hours and the tank size is 2ft long x 2 ft wide for the time being so any help on the correct names & what food is best would be great hope you guys enjoy ouy baby's

the yellow ones are Labidochromis caeruleus aka yellow labs, electric yellow, yellow prince.
the pics of the other ones are a little to blurry for me to properly identify. if you can get a clearer picture of them imsure it would help

The mom in me is forcing me to let you know that you are spelling cichlids wrong, please don't be offened I just can't help myself. My kids will still roll their eyes at me but my son was reading at age 4 and daughter at 5.
48 hours isn't long enough to cycle a tank hun, it can take up to 40 days. Since they're already in there please get some bottled bacteria to help it cycle. If Necro sees this I'm sure he'll have much better advice.
And last but not least your new fish are real cuties

Nice Cichlids. I love them!

hey i love ur electric yellows (thats what they are called here)
i have wanted one myself for ages but cant justify the cost (4 times the price of same sized O)

they are beautiful though

biancawinter wrote:


Wow really? I have about 10 of them. They are anywhere from $4USD to $10.

Nickisue wrote:


wow, maybe they have to be imported here?

in my LFS they have a few for $25 - $30 AUS and they would only be around 3 inches long

yes...they are awesome. however, those fishes do not grow
that much. i have some before but have to give them away
because they never grow.

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Mine have doubled in size Paul. They are smaller cichlids but they are wonderful fish!

how long have you keeping them? i have mine for 8 months
but feel frustrated because they never change the size.

LOL. 2 of them are about 2 years old. They are not like O's thats for sure. But that means not as many water changes.

BTW I have big beautiful plants sticking out of all of my Tanks!!!

as i told you....they never grow....

those big plants will keep your nitrite and nitrate
under check without changing the water. and your o
or whatever fish you have there will love chomping
those root shoots.