Lethrinops sp. Deep Malopa holding

[mack74]

Finally she is holding. I got this wild caught pair about 6 months ago and they have been through alot. Both got bloat and were saved and then the female got it a second time and made it though it. Now I have to decide how long to leave her in the tank before removing her to a 10g. Hopefully she holds for term, it is her first time though.

[AlishanAS]

That's great! Lethrinops are becoming my favorite Malawi.

Any pics of the male?

[mack74]

They are really nice. A little fragile I think but I love mine. From what I read the ones I have a pretty rare. I saw them and had to have them even at the price I paid. I will take a pic now.

AlishanAS You have the red caps? If so the pic's I remember seeing were really nice. They are next on my list,

[mack74]

Here is a pic.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/MACKNO7/IMG_0306.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/MACKNO7/IMG_0307.jpg

[fischfan13]

Great pic of an absolutely fine looking Lethrinops, Mike.

[AlishanAS]

They are really nice. A little fragile I think but I love mine. From what I read the ones I have a pretty rare. I saw them and had to have them even at the price I paid. I will take a pic now.

AlishanAS You have the red caps? If so the pic's I remember seeing were really nice. They are next on my list,

I did have the red caps years ago. Picked up a wild group of the Itungi from Animal Action in Paterson(a great store for Africans that went out of business). The young made their way around the auction circuit.
Larry Jinks of NJAS consistently wins fish shows with his male. Absolutely gorgeous.

I currently have a group of Lethrinops sp. Deep orange top Nkata Bay that I picked up from Atlantis during a NJAS road trip last summer.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=2524

[nick a]

I can't wait to get home & look at the pics (work started blocking photobucket etc.....:grhair:)

I've just got 2 species, but I'm eager to try some more!

[emartin]

I have 3m3f of Taeniolethrinops furcicauda that I am going to put in with my large colony of Lichochromis acuticeps in my 265g soon. Currently they are are all about 4-5"...have probably up to 4-5 more inches to grow for the males....and I can't wait for them to color up and start breeding... And hopefully though significantly outnumbered they will get a long fine with the Lichnochromis... And they'll have plenty of sand to dig in too! (My Taeniolethrinops are COMPULSIVE diggers...I constantly see them standing straight up and go down into the sand up to their eyes looking for food...cool fish...)

Still though the Deep Malopas are nice...