Mr Cichlids.. since you no the melanochromis species so well, would you be able to post the ones you have and explain the diff. Would be nice to learn.

All males?

no Kay, the male is the only darkened fish in the tank, notice the spots...as for Wazza, let me get photo's of all of them and gladly I will post them, and explain anything you folks would like to know about them.

Then, does that mean that they're actually m. cyanerhabdos rather than m. johanni?

actually no kay, the cyan. isn't technically classified as that anymore, it belongs to the Elec blue family, but these are Wild Johannii, I do have some Cyan., I can show you later today, ill get you a couple good photo's of them when I go down to feed them.

Kind of confused: Why aren't your WC female johannis yellowish like other WC female johanni's?

because the female Johanni (Elec Blue) isn't yellow, the female Cyan/maingano is yellow

But my female maingano is blue. You see what i mean. Very con fusing for a beginner like me.

For clarification this is how it is: melanochromis johanni (common name 'johanni'), dimorphic species with yellow females. Melanochromis cyanerhabdos (common name 'electric blue johanni' & 'maingano'), monomorphic species with blue females. The fish in this pic are m. cyan, especially if wild caught, no doubt about it. Mr. Cichlids has the species descriptions reversed.

KB, let me show you a (Female Elec Blue Johannii, watch for the new posting. As you will see, her colors are changing to black and blue already. and she was brood from a common Electric Blue Johannii (Melanochromis Johannii)

and Wazza, Cyan/Maingano, the hybrid from these 2 is where the yellow female actually stems from. sorry to have confused you.

The maingano (m. cyan) are not hybrids and don't produce yellow females. When the fish in this pic produce fry and they're all born blue-ish, that confirms they're m. cyan (all m. johanni's are born yellowish, all m. cyan. are born blue-ish).

Got it. I think..

Who picks the tank of the hour?