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Hi. I have to do this reserch paper for english class on something related to Great Britain.
Are there any good topics that would involve fish, a scientist, aquariums, or along those lines? I would really appreciate it

Try Dr Peter Humphrey Greenwood (sadly now deceased).

Foremrly of the Natural History Museum, London.

In 1977 he was responsible for discovering that the phylogeny of the Cichlidae, as based upon dentition, was flawed because Cichlid dentition is environmentally plastic. He also erected a number of new African Cichlid Genera including Xystichromis.

I'm sure you can find some way of working this into an essay so that the Natural History Museum gets decent billing first, then you can drop in Dr Greenwood toward the end and finish with a flourish.

By the way, this is one of the Cichlids that he described as new species during his lifetime ... colourful, isn't it?


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

WOW. I really want one of those cichlids! It looks like it has been attacked by a grafitti artist.
I wonder if theyve been captive bred yet? I still don't like the idea of taking fish from their natural habitats.

OK, just read that article completely, and looks like a few captive bred specimens are knocking around, has anyone in the UK ever seen one of these in a LFS? infact, has anyone in the WORLD ever seen these?

It's such a shame what has/is happening to Lake Victoria. These wonderful creatures were very nearly lost without us even knowing they even existed.

I found them for sale here: http://www.exoticwings.com/tropicals/victorian/

Now, I'm trying to figure out if they would ship them from Canada....sheesh!!! Thanks Cal!! LOL I could forgo the shellie tank for a pair of these lovlies.

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

Oh no!

Now I want that fish too!

Now do I really want rams?

Do I really want Endlers Livebearers?

And Cali. has a picture of another hardy beautiful fish that he showed me once that was happy in really hard water. Some kind of jewel fish maybe? Do you remember what I'm talking about Cali.?

Was that the old Roloff photo of Anomalochromis thomasi perchance Fish Patty? The one with the magenta bellies and purple sides covered in spangles?

Mind you, I think you'd go a LONG way to beat that Xystichromis in the colour stakes ... that fish is positively psychedelic by freshwater standards!


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I really don't remember Cali.. We were in chat talking about Rams I think & breeding them in hard water & you came up with a pic of a really pretty fish you wish you could find in your area. You said it lived in really hard water. But for some reason I'm thinking of the word jewel?

But you're right! This new fish you found is probably only comparable to the little Endlers I've been looking at, only a lot larger! But Rams are beautiful too!

I need a bigger house, & more money! Don't we all!

I didn't understand the pricing though on the site you gave crazyred. I've never bought online. Two people were selling? One wanted $7. & the other wanted $12? Is that each or what?

I didn't understand the pricing though on the site you gave crazyred. I've never bought online. Two people were selling? One wanted $7. & the other wanted $12? Is that each or what?

Looks to me like the $7.00 was for onefish and the $12 was for a trio with 1 m and 2 female. That would be the better deal. Not sure if they would ship to us from Canada, but if I ever get another tank set-up, I intend to ask.

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

Thanks red, maybe by the time we're ready we will have found some for sale closer to us.

Anomalochromis thomasi is also known as the Dwarf Jewel Fish - so it was probably that one Patty


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Not the same species, but closely related on aquabid. http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlidsv&1168590592
Quite a while ago someone posted pictures in the photo booth of his fish from Lake Victoria and I fell in love with the colors then. I seriously considered bidding on the Haps, but I don't have any place to put them at the moment. More pics of Lake Victoria species. http://www.african-cichlid.com/Lake_Victoria.htm

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
~ Mae West

Oh thanks Doe............ just what I need, more beautiful fish to drool over.

I'm weak...I just bid on them. Keep your fingers crossed.
Luckily I have a tank that is well on its way to being fishless cycled. They can hang out in my 10 till its ready.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
~ Mae West

Free shipping!

That was such a good deal, I just outbid you!

Na......... just teasin'! I would never do that!

I wish you luck! You know you owe us pics of them, if you get them? The price you pay for getting us involved.
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Clownloachfan- Are you getting anything out of all of this?

Have you found anything to do your paper on yet?

I got outbid and lost!!
I should have sniped it!!!

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
~ Mae West

Don't ya hate that???? I'm a Ebay, Aquabid sniper LOL I love to sit there in the last seconds of a bid and snipe it.....that's how I got my car.

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

I'm sorry.


I'm assuming that more of a fish that you really like will be for sale sometime soon though?

Xystichromis phytophagus
What type of care is necessary for these guys? I am some were after beginner and I am interested in them.

"No whammy, No whammy, No whammy, STOP!!"

1984-Michael Larsen On Press Your Luck

Normally I do snipe, I don't know why I didn't this time.

I found a cichlid breeder that has something very similar and I am going to try and get some from them. I'll post some pics when I do. If I get fry, I'll let you know if you are interested.


Aaron, the article that Cali posted should give you a pretty good start for their care.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
~ Mae West