Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Melanochromis Johanni


 Common Name(s): Johanni Cichlid
Type: Mbuna Cichlid
Origin: Lake Malawi, Africa
Size: 6 inches
Color: Females are golden yellow, while males range from light blue to black depending on dominance! 
Description: Johanni cichlid is a very aggressive cichlid from lake Malawi, just like its cousin the Auratus cichlid. With males the more dominate, the darker the color!


Dominate Male

Non-dominate Male

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Tiger Oscar



 Common Name: Oscar cichlid, tiger oscar, black oscar
Type: Cichlid
Origin: South America
Size: Up to 12 inches
Color: The tiger oscar typically has a black body with red to orange markings on body. Mine was wild caught, therefore his body had more of a greenish color!
Description: The tiger Oscar is a great American cichlid; this type of fish often shows great personalities. This is a larger cichlid so it will need a minimum of 75 gallon, which is suitable for 3 at most!




That Green color is seen good in this picture!

After being beat up by an albino male tiger oscar