Malawi Predators

[Norbert]

Some pics of my Malawi predators...I have 7 or 8 more species almost ready to come out of the grow out tank and in with these, will add pics as they color.

here are a few shots of some of the older fish
N. venustus
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/Nvenustus.jpg

N. livingstonii
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/20091231_92.jpg

N. polystigma
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/Npolystigma.jpg

D. compressiceps
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/best2.jpg

D. dimidiatus
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/Ddimidiatus.jpg

[Crowned]

Very nice!! :thumb:

Looking forward to seeing more. :pop2:

[zcfish]

love the pictures. have a few of these growing out too. are the venustus and livingstonii stay colored up or only when breeding?

[mack74]

Nice fish!!!!

[Cichlidgeek]

Great shots of some great fish, Paul! Thanks for sharing!!

[Artie]

Beautiful shots & fish. I couldn't find one nipped fin !!!!!!!!!!:beerchug:

[AMBUSHPREDATOR]

Great shot's of great looking fish !

[Buckcich]

Norbert, I never thought a Venustus would look that nice after only seen juvies. How big is it? Great shots of all the fishes!

[Norbert]

Very nice!! :thumb:

Looking forward to seeing more. :pop2:
Thanks!

love the pictures. have a few of these growing out too. are the venustus and livingstonii stay colored up or only when breeding?
Thank you, seems like once they color they pretty much stay colored...the degree of intensity varies a little though. Mine are all at their most colorful when the lites first come on in the morning.

Nice fish!!!!
Thanks mack!

Great shots of some great fish, Paul! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks Brian! Most of these shots are at least a few months old, I really need to get some new pics up that I haven't posted before.

Beautiful shots & fish. I couldn't find one nipped fin !!!!!!!!!!:beerchug:
Thanks much...trust me they do their fair share of nipping :)

Great shot's of great looking fish !
Thanks!

Norbert, I never thought a Venustus would look that nice after only seen juvies. How big is it? Great shots of all the fishes!
Thank you! This is my personal favorite individual, I think most venustus have alot more blue on the head/face and maybe less yellow on the body...they all look pretty good when mature though. ~5" when this shot was taken.

[Norbert]

A few shots of some less colorful predators, not positive on these id's, what they were sold as though.

Rhamphochromis esox
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/Resox2.jpg

Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/Rmacrophthalmus.jpg

and this little guy is supposedly Rhamphochromis longiceps "yellow belly"
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad31/Norbertphoto/Malawi%2012-09/Rlongiceps.jpg

the yellow belly male is only about 4"...doesn't seem to want to grow. He is also far and away more aggressive then the others and even though he was the smallest fish in the tank I had to remove him.

[deadhead]

Now I could keep some of those guys!