ID of fish please.

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  1. amandar

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    Can someone identify these fish for me please.

    Hope you will be able to help the photos not good quality, that little buggers is soooo fast.

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    top two pictures look like a convict cichlid possibly breeding colours. pic 3 and 5 look like metriaclima estherae cichlid, and if pic 4 is not the same fish it can be electric yellow lab (labidochromis caeruleus) not sure of the blue one
     
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    First two convicts and do u have a breeding of them?
     
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    First two are Convicts.
    They are from Central America, and correctly speaking, should not be kept with Malawis.

    The others are Mbuna.
    Difficult to tell with 100% certainty what they are from the photos.
     
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    amandar

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    Hi Rednox, I dont know. I bought them about a month ago. How do you know the male from female?

    Sorry for asking why should the Convicts not be kept with Malawis?

    Thanks
     
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    Different dietary requirements
    Different water chemistry requirements
    Different behaviour.
     
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