Malta Aquarist Society

hello there, here are some of my victoria juwels:

haplochromis sp kenya gold.

haplochromis sp flameback

pundamilia nyererei red head population zue island 

pundamilia nyererei red flank (tsano rocks)

psytochormis hippo point salmon

CAUTION: all victoria cichlids are very suseptible to hybridisation - please mix these species together only with great caution - example hippo point with flameback - ok - looking at morphology and body patterns helps avoiding mixing too similar species. 

Really nice cichlids and thanks for the info.

 Lovely fish, I totally agree with Utaka about mixing these cichlids, sometimes it would be a better idea not to mix and match such specimens especially for the beginners who simply look for the coloration of the fish (which is pretty impressive)

Great pictures Utaka & thanks for sharing.....

 Are those specimens mouth brooders Utaka ????

martin

yepp... all mouthbrooders.

currently there is a victoria revolution going on in france/belgium/germany - a lot of new species are being introduced to the hobby thanks to a number of universities (hull/leiden/leuven) who are concerned about the survival of these species which are in serious risk of extinction - probably i have some species at home already extinct in the wild! 

maybe in 50 years time - when lake victoria can be cleaned from all the nile perch and pollution and hyachints  we might be able to reintroduce some species from aquarium strains - but that is just a long term dream...

utaka bay

haplochromis sp. flameback

  By utakabay, shot with DSC-P150 at 2010-02-11

and astotilapia aenocolor

By utakabay, shot with DSC-P150 at 2010-03-30