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Old 15-01-2013, 08:19 PM   #41
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Awesome......
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Old 19-01-2013, 02:57 AM   #42
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New additions to the collection


Cyphotilapia gibberosa "mpimbwe blue" Group

Very swee....
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Old 19-01-2013, 01:03 PM   #43
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very nice, is it hard to maintain?
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Old 23-01-2013, 01:36 AM   #44
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very nice, is it hard to maintain?
No really but they need hard water.
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Old 29-01-2013, 10:18 AM   #45
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2 more Lepidiolamprologus species joined the predatory tank, making it a total of 5 species

Lepidio cunningtoni



Lepidio profundicola


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Old 29-01-2013, 10:24 AM   #46
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& The previous 3 Lepidio species :

Lepidio lemairii


Lepidio attenuatus


Lepidio nkambae ( in the background )
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Old 29-01-2013, 10:32 AM   #47
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Now the search is on for the Lepidio elongatus to complete the collection

Ref. to Ben's pix


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Old 30-01-2013, 10:34 AM   #48
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Default Lepidiolamprologus nkambae or kendalli ?

Hi guys,

Anyone able to differentiate these two ?
Bought them as Lepidio nkambae from 2 different sources.
1 source is direct from Africa, while the other is from Czech.

This one is farm bred from Czech.


These are WC direct from Africa.


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Old 30-01-2013, 01:48 PM   #49
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Markings wise, they actually look very similar.. I'm guessing the tank bred nkambaes markings will start to look like the wild ones once it gets larger? There is another kendali which has horizontal lines.
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Old 30-01-2013, 06:12 PM   #50
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Markings wise, they actually look very similar.. I'm guessing the tank bred nkambaes markings will start to look like the wild ones once it gets larger? There is another kendali which has horizontal lines.
Hi Kenneth,

The fish from Czech is smaller compared to the WC, like half the size.
The black marking is very much thinner also. Like what you've mentioned, maybe it's still young, & the markings may developed & changed further as it grows bigger.

Do you have any reference to the difference in the 2 species ? like pattern wise for example ?

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