The best Cichlid ever yep!

[Tunnel Rat]

Hi gang
I got myself a little gem. My first African Cichlid (West Africa)
This little guy rocks a 12cm Steatocranus titanti hope I can find a girl for him anybody :?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Snaper/Titanti.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Snaper/Titanti2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Snaper/Titanti3.jpg

enjoy
Rat

[bun]

Thats a great looking fish mate :D reminds me a bit of my cod, the way he sits on the bottom.

[DiscusMad]

nice pics rat

[taksan]

We do not keep African fish Rat man.
8-)

[Tunnel Rat]

We do not keep African fish Rat man.
8-)

But he does like acid water :lol:

Rat

[sammigold]

Wow, he has such soul in his eyes!!! what a cutie!!

[taksan]

We do not keep African fish Rat man.
8-)

But he does like acid water :lol:

Rat

Expensive feeder ....

[gibbo91]

Great fish and great photo, West Africans are very under rated... :(

PS : I thought it was Steatocranus Tinanti... :?: Am I wrong :?:

[Tunnel Rat]

Great fish and great photo, West Africans are very under rated... :(

PS : I thought it was Steatocranus Tinanti... :?: Am I wrong :?:

Thats him I spelled it wrong added a t in there somewhere.

Rat

[jfan]

Whats nice looking fish, beautiful color.

[*Chris*]

mate down here in melbourne there is about 50 breeders of these funny little critters
and you cnat give them away as feeders wich is a shame because they are awesome little characters
just rememeber they may like acidic water but the mineral content has to be half that of an african rift lake setup
made that mistake once when i had them lost 6 ut of ten

[Robdog]

Looks like a grouper I saw the other week down the coast. Nice blue on him too. Nice fish

[Tunnel Rat]

Looks like a grouper I saw the other week down the coast. Nice blue on him too. Nice fish

Hi Rob he does look like a grouper just real small. The shot came out a little bluer then it is a white balance problem or it could of been that the person converting the raw file was a bit intoxicated with 6 coppers green :lol:




mate down here in Melbourne there is about 50 breeders of these funny little critters
and you cnat give them away as feeders wich is a shame because they are awesome little characters
just rememeber they may like acidic water but the mineral content has to be half that of an african rift lake setup
made that mistake once when i had them lost 6 ut of ten

Are you sure they are Steatocranus Tinanti and not the common Steatocranus casuarius lion head cichild which are breed everywhere ?
I ask because I find it funny that Steatocranus Tinanti are very hard to find in Sydney and I have not seen any for sale in Melbourne or on any of the forums :?
If there are so many breeders in Melbourne can you put me in contact with just one of them :wink:


thx
Rat

[*Chris*]

go down and see justin at subscape aquarium
he has easily 90 of these little guys in the store
and he has a regular supply
and yes they are tinanti
one of my fav strat species

[Tunnel Rat]

go down and see justin at subscape aquarium
he has easily 90 of these little guys in the store
and he has a regular supply
and yes they are tinanti
one of my fav strat species

Will do thanks for that :D



Rat

[Bruno]

i miss mine :(

[endless]

Hey tunnel rat or taksan, how do you take pictures where the background is completely black. I just bought an slr (canoon 400d) but dont know how to quite use it yet. To take a picture like that, do i need to use flash or should the aquarium lighting be really bright (ie metal halides)? Should i use high shutter speed or low and wot kind of aperture setting should i have. These might be really stupid questions but i really have no idea. Any help would be appreciated