Tropheus moorii Kantalamba "Red Rainbow"

This was supposed to be a shot of 3 of them grazing on the rock but 1 of them decided to swap sides and ruined it!!! Or, maybe it's just a camera hog

very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very goooddddddd

Real cichlids from the proper lake.

They look amazing Mike. Congratulations

Cool looking Tropheus !

Thanks guys!!!

Klaus, you crack me up!!! I'm trying to show the nonbelievers the light.

Rift_Lakes_Rule wrote:Klaus, you crack me up!!! I'm trying to show the nonbelievers the light.

Well Mike, if they don't see the light now, they never will. You picked one of the prettiest variant.

They do look really pretty. I bet their color is even better in person, without the flash. I know how that can wash out the colors.

Wow, nice lookin fishies.
How big does the biggest tropheus get?
I thought about a small group of texas petro's
but I still think I would want bigger fish.

they sure are funny looking, but in a good way kinda looks like they're smiling from head-on
Cool coloring in the dorsal too

Klaus, my thoughts exactly... if this don't convince em, there's little hope aside from a combination of electro-shock therapy and hypnosis!!!


Betty, I've sat and watched them the past 2 days and am amazed at how awesome they are. Of course it probably doesn't help that I've been waiting soooo long to finally get them. My other fish didn't even get their lights turned on today... shame on me

Jimmy, if you want big... you want the Petrochromis Blue Giant!!! They're enormous!!! Find an 8ft tank and fill er up Bro!!!

Jeff, of course they're smiling... they LOVE ME!!!

Thanks everyone, I'll keep you posted

Wow very nice. I'm happy to hear the trip went well for the new fish.

Thanks Nicole!!! Congrats on yours as well


They're lookin even better today!!! Several more have colored up and are showing off now, not just the 2 dominant males.










"Hi Jeff!!!"

gonna have to get a vid of them one day

oooo they are some real beauties mike!

I noticed you changed your Avatar...
Nice fish. Maybe some day when I know what I'm doing I will give tropheus a try.

Very sweet lookin fish bro!
Hmmmm......... 135........Muzi's...........hmmmm..........?

Jimmy, There have been some very nice Muzi's imported in the past few months. I say go for it!!!

Cancichfan, thank you You stick around here and you'll be ready before you know it.

Thanks G, these guys are already more beautiful than I imagined. They're improving daily too, don't know how much better looking they can get but I'm lovin it so far.

D, I'll try to get a vid soon. Then of course I'll have to try to get it uploaded...

Thanks again everyone!!!

Enough already.............

There isn't much in the pictures to give a sense of scale. How big are they? I would guess a decent size but it is hard to tell. My 10 year old thinks that we should get some.

Not to proud of these are ya bro, Lol.
Keep the pics commin, they are beauties!

Definitely lovin' em!!!

The largest male is about 5", most of the fish in the group are around 4" with a few around 3". Klaus has a great article in the "Member Articles" section on Tropheus, I'd recommend reading it and doing plenty of homework on these fish. They're definitely amazing tho and well worth the preparation. Your 10 year old has great taste in fish

Thanks for the compliments everyone

You'll probably get tired of looking at the pictures before I get tired of watching/photographing these guys. I seriously need to clean the glass on the tank, some of those shots would be real decent if it weren't for dirty glass

dude here is ahint to great pics before you take the pics scrap the glass with mag float nad windoex not knocking just trying to help but dude they hot ass hell i were a fish i would jump into there tank

Very nice ! Cool colors.

Mike, My wife wants me to set up a 75 for some of these.