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Malawi Cichlid ID Help

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#3 ·
noki said:
None of them may be pure, hard to guess.

#3 is a Red Zebra, or part Red Zebra

#2 is a weird one

#1 could be a Metriaclima zebra type, but then could be a mix. Such a fish without male color is near impossible to guess for sure.
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Only No 3 is worth keeping but is kind of odd looking.
Pretty sure No 2 is a hybrid.
 
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Rare said:
Maybe the 3rd pic is a M.Esterea

Nevertheless, they look perfect!

The first pic looks like a zebra of some sort. Could be a cobalt blue that has lost its color due to inbreeding too.
Erm do cichlids lose colour from inbreeding? Surely it is crossing variants/species then inbreeding and poor selection that loses colour?
But then "cobalt blue" covers a variety of variants of M.callainos mixed to get our aquarium type without much loss of colour?

M. esthera covers a number of variants too. Are we saying this one is pure M.estherae Minos Reef? I realy dought it. :wink:
It is though a pretty fish.
 
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