just got some hemichromis

[fishtanker]

just got them the pet shop did not know what they where I think they are hemichromis the shop said thinks they are jewel cichlids they are 1 ich in size four of them are feeding well and starting to colour up bit one stays on it own all the time but has colour and the othere one is on the bottom with on colour at all and is so nervis when the otheres go near it it must have been bullied at some pot all so have got pair of geophagus brasiliensis they are garding pot like mad at minute they have been doing this for week now fingers croosed there is young in there:)

[coltiger]

congrats on your new fish, I do know if they are a larger species of Jewels they will be terrors, have fun and good luck with the Geophagus

[sixfoottank]

fishtanker,
I think you need to choose your pet shop more carefully. There are a lot of hybrid and unidentified jewel cichlids out there. If you were to breed them they would be almost impossible to sell as most cichlid fans prefer to know the exact species. Try to find a responsible shop that knows what they are selling - I've been to Chilton Aquatics and they seemed pretty clued up.
In the meantime, try to get the Lamboj book on West African Cichlids - you can order it here http://www.stevensimpsonbooks.com. It will help to ID the jewels that you have and any other West african fish.
Jewel cichlids slightly push the boundary on what is a Dwarf Cichlid - Try Cichlid City or the BCA - you might get a greater response.

Chilton Aquatics
34/35 Eden Terrace Chilton County Durham United Kingdom DL17 0EJ Tel: 01388 720203 Fax: 01388 720203

ps a few full stops will make it easier to read your post ;)

[fishtanker]

the book got has three different pics some are orange and yellow some are pink the other pic is red ones
the ones got have yellow on them they are still bit small yet

[fishtanker]

congrats on your new fish, I do know if they are a larger species of Jewels they will be terrors, have fun and good luck with the Geophagus
the geophagus have had young there is a mass of them there must be 700 ish took pics of them as well

[feather2night]

I have a pair of hemiochramis lifalli, and they aren't as big as the hemiochromis bimaculatus which have 4 of them also, the only problem I have had with the lifalli is when they spawned the 3rd one was promptly murdered, other than that pair is primarily peaceful, beautiful fish. The pair lives with young albino kribs, and a couple of other smaller misc cichlids.
Good luck with them!! Feather

[Cumb Dunt]

just got them the pet shop did not know what they where I think they are hemichromis the shop said thinks they are jewel cichlids they are 1 ich in size four of them are feeding well and starting to colour up bit one stays on it own all the time but has colour and the othere one is on the bottom with on colour at all and is so nervis when the otheres go near it it must have been bullied at some pot all so have got pair of geophagus brasiliensis they are garding pot like mad at minute they have been doing this for week now fingers croosed there is young in there:)
I'm not trying to disparage you or your post, but this was really hard to read. Punctuation and complete sentences are really helpful when people are trying to understand what you are saying :)

[Mike Wise]

I agree completely. We have many members who use English as a second (or third!) language. This makes it almost impossible for many of them to understand what is written. Leave this kind of typing to your cell phone!

[fishtanker]

had problems at home and school kick me while im down wont you sorry I dont meet your standards but thats life can not please ever one all the time I throught this was about fish not my english

[Apisto ranch]

It is about fish but if we can't understand you. We can 't help you. I'm from Texas in the U.S. I speak texan and I didn't even understand what you we're saying.

[lab]

Sorry to hear about your situation, fishtanker:frown:

Off course it is about fish:) , but sometimes the form makes it hard to understand the content. Punctuation was invented for a purpose...

Good luck with your fish!

Lars

[sixfoottank]

had problems at home and school kick me while im down wont you sorry I dont meet your standards but thats life can not please ever one all the time I throught this was about fish not my english

I don't think anyone is trying to be mean. Just consider some puntuation. Spelling isn't really an issue as long as you are understood. Take your post above. It makes a lot more sense if you add a few full stops and capital letters.

Had problems at home and school. Kick me while im down wont you. Sorry I dont meet your standards but thats life. Can not please ever one all the time. I throught this was about fish not my english.

[sixfoottank]

Just a stupid example of why punctuation is important.

Charles the first walked and talked five minutes after his head was cut off.

Amazing!!

Charles the first walked and talked. Five minutes after, his head was cut off.

Not nearly as interesting.

[sixfoottank]

Enough english lessons. No offence intended fishtanker, my wife, my brother and my mother are all teachers, I understand how hard it can be. I hope we haven't put you off posting here.

Anyway, I have a lovely Hemichromis myself. I think he is an H. stellifer or H. "muanda" or muanda might be a variant of stellifer. Either way he's a bit of a stunner so I keep him in the living room tank.

[fishtanker]

could talk fish day and night with no stops lol. my hemichromis look good but the shop I got them from did not know what jewel cichlid they where. they are still yellow and orange .they are 2 inch in size .

[Apisto ranch]

They are Hemichromis Bimacalatus, the yellow and the large black spot on them give them this name. In my books anyway, LOL. Iguess I must be behind on this one becuase I didn't see any pics.
Just the ones posted on fishaddicts. From those pics and the way your telling us of the colors. I'd have to say BImacalatus

[fishtanker]

dont know how to uploads pics on this site as do on fish-addicts. I have joined 5 forums they all have good information on fish .glad some one knows what hemichromis I have got thank you for your help .

[sixfoottank]

You need to host your pictures somewhere else like photobucket.com
Then use the image tags to display it here. insert url here
Then it should look like this:


http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/sixfoottank/100_1748_edited2.jpg

[Apisto ranch]

Photobucket is about the easyest and most sites you go will let you use it as will. I've only found acouple of sites that you can up load str8 from your pc. The rest pretty much has to be housed on line before you can upload.

[fishtanker]

nice fish good picture as well

[fishtanker]

http://http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/fishtankers/biggerpic.jpg