cyprichromis katete (how do adults look)

[glenoweth]

Please Post your Pic's of your cyprichromis katete !!!!
Hi I bought some cyprichromis katete right before X-mas they are about 1-3/4" some smaller (i am guessing the females) .

I have serched on teh Net what these will look like when they grow but there is not to meny pics out there. I would love to see your cyprichromis katete pics if you have some please. I think I have 2 males and 6 females but it looks to me like one male might have a blue tale and the othere a yellow tale. there is not much color on the body of the fish yet so i am not even sure they are both the males.

they started fluttering today showing of what little color they do have. that is why i would love to see how these are going to look grown.

also would love some female pics to.

[Benoit]

Hi, what are you talking Cyprichromis ?
leptosoma, sp. jumbo, microlepidotus ?

[nick a]

Leptosomas for me....
The males vary deliciously! Yellow heads... blue heads.. .yellow fins...blue fins ...in just about any combination. Nice patterns in the fins as well. Heres a sample of some of the male color configs:









Females are not bad looking...just toned down versions of the males like this one in the background.



HTHs

[glenoweth]

Wow... Sweet i know for sure one of mine are getting a yellow tale so far He just started fluttering 2 mights ago. I think i got 3males 7 females. but i guess only time can tell.

do the females seem to keep the black Line on dorsal fins? is kind of outlines it.

[glenoweth]

Hi, what are you talking Cyprichromis ?
leptosoma, sp. jumbo, microlepidotus ?

they are leptosoma Jumbos Katete I think. I bought them from RSC (reseved stoc cichlids) from Doug,

[glenoweth]

well they are older now and the color is really nice!

UPDATE


i will post some better one later photobucket was acting up

[Adrian Indermaur]

Hy,

just saw this thread...

I collected some fish at katete this summer. The almost pastel color on the anal fin and the irridescent margin of the dorsal fin really pop underwater. A really beautiful variant!

unfortunatly my uw-camera was floaded but...

Greets Adrian