Please id this fish

[Harsh]

the blue one's

[Justikanz]

You have Malawi cichlids in a planted tank with tetras?... I hope you had done some reading...

I can't ID the blue ones offhand, though... Some Malawi zebras...

[galactuz]

If I'm not mistaken they are the extremely aggresive Pseudotropheus demansoni. I'm not a cichlid id expert so my guess may be off by a lot since they sort of look alike especially when they are blue with zebra stripes

Justikanz is right. Wrong match but anyway this fellows most likely are farm bred so their water parameters are usually neutral. But anyway wrong biotope......

[Harsh]

no no that is not my tank..
i have a similar fish in my small garden pond alone, here's is a pic



i didn't have a camera yesterday so i got a pic off the net of a similar fish.

I am confused that the fish in this picture is Neolamprologus Tretocephalus or some other malawi chichlid.

Can someone please help.

[Happy Camper]

Heads Up: Never mind the Zebras, you also have a Melanochromis Auratus in there. This fish is VIOLENT, so be careful, it will take out your smaller fish. This fish has the worst table manners and is a BIG BULLY

Bad combination of fish IMO.

The other pic of the fish in your pond is also a Malawi, a HAP. Haplochromis Ahli it looks like. They are quite mild mannered (as far as Malawis go) being an open water fish. If you throw in some females they will breed in your pond guaranteed. Just make sure you have some crushed shells in the filter or in the water flow, this will keep the buffer high.

[mickthefish]

as they are both mbuna which are the most territorial of the rift cichlids i'd choose one of the rift syno's.
mick

[Ibn]

In the first picture, those blue fish are Kenyi, Pseudotropheus lombardoi. That's the coloration that young fish and females sport. The males will undergo a color change switching over to a yellow coloration as they age and pick up their egg spots. Also, as HC as alluded to, the striped yellow/black fish in the first picture is Melanochromis auratus. Young fish and females will retain that coloration. Males will take on a more black/gray coloration as they age.

The second picture looks like another mbuna of some sort; maybe a blue zebra or another Kenyi. It's definitely not a Neolamprologus tetrocephalus or a Haplochromis ahli.

[Harsh]

^^ what makes you rule out completely the possibility of it (2nd pic) being N tretocephalus??
I'll post a better picture tomorrow for a better id.

[Ibn]

Both the body shape and coloration is different from a Neolamprologus tetrocephalus. Here's a shot of one from a side profile, courtesy of Neil Coscarelli.

[galactuz]

Agree with Ibn. Definitely rule out N.tetrocephalus because this fishes looks like miniturised Frontosas and not colored as blue or shaped like in the picture.

[Aarzoo]

IBN is correct about Pseudotropheus lombardoi

and Neolamprologus tetrocephalus