Hap limax

[StructureGuy]

Okay, Matt. Since you didn't send me any limax for my birthday, I had to buy my own. I forked out a whopping $3.50 each for these guys (2M:3F)

http://african-cichlid.com/LimaxM600A.jpg
dominant male

http://african-cichlid.com/LimaxF350D.jpg
female

http://african-cichlid.com/LimaxM600F.jpg
sub-dominant male

Do they look like the real deal? They've been in the quaranteen tank for a few hours, so they're still a bit stressed.

Kevin

[Matt V]

Wow. That is a rock krib resemblence. Lemme see if i can get some pics of mine. They really don't look much like mine. Gimme a few minutes. Maybe he'll cooperate.

[RustyNut]

yeah that is a close resemblence!

[Matt V]

Ok. He's not in the mood this week.

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-08-20/156839-001.jpg

Pardon the streaky leleupi...

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-08-20/156839-002.jpg

I'm changing water later this afternoon. That usually gets his bile up for a couple hours. I can try to get some then. But when he's colored up, he's usually a terror and hard to photograph...

[Matt V]

I've seen Haplochromis limax "Lake George" and Haplochromis limax "Red Chest" tossed around.

I'm reasonably confident about the ID of my fish.

This is what Dave's Rare fish is selling as a limax "red chest". (listed as Red Chest, ID'ed in photo as "Lake George").

http://www.davesfish.com/images/fish/hap_limax.JPG

I'm going to ask people at the club about them. I think someone mentioned that they were getting some. They said from Florida, so I'm assuming they mean Old World.

That red chest doesn't really resemble my fish a whole lot in coloration, but they do appear to share a similar mouth structure.

I feel a VTH (Victoria Taxa Headache) coming on...

[Matt V]

And what ever they are - $3.50?????

Nice. :)

[AfricanCichlidFanatic]

Kevin,

That is definitely not the Hap Limax from Lake George as I have the George and Matt has my stock as well. I am not sure but I herd that the Limax cf redchest as I think that is what you have there could possibly be from a river but there is no info I can pull up on them. I have another group of the Limax that is bright red that might be a Lake Edward and different in body shape which that makes I question as if it Limax at all. However it still is know that Hap Limax is distributed from both Lake George and Edward and no mention of that wide of different color morphs and or body shape.

Matt are you interested in swapping fry to keep the blood line strong on both Limax and the Chromogynos when I get them to breed again sense I know they are both of my stock?

[Matt V]

Originally posted by AfricanCichlidFanatic
Matt are you interested in swapping fry to keep the blood line strong on both Limax and the Chromogynos when I get them to breed again sense I know they are both of my stock?

PM me when you get more of them. Mine are constantly breeding.

Need more of a heads-up with the chromogynos, i only get small clutches from my females - 10 or so at a time.

[vinman]

I need help Identifing my fish it was sold to me as H limax. they got theirs from Matt V . I posted them up on aqua bid and someone said they did not look like limax. The alpha male was pulled out of the tank about a week ago he was much darked and was not and as yellow as this one.

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2008-05-23/223313-001.jpg


http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2008-05-23/223313-002.jpg

[SGypsyMermaid]

I need help Identifing my fish it was sold to me as H limax. they got theirs from Matt V . I posted them up on aqua bid and someone said they did not look like limax. The alpha male was pulled out of the tank about a week ago he was much darked and was not and as yellow as this one.

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2008-05-23/223342-001.jpg


http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2008-05-23/223342-002.jpg

vinny, i got my fish(the parents of your fish) from matt, and he got his from africancichlidfanatic. what was the reason that the guy gave for thinking that the fish were not limax? aside from saying that he has kept them before.

[vinman]

just said that they did not look like his and were not as colorfull as the limax he has seen

[StructureGuy]

just said that they did not look like his and were not as colorfull as the limax he has seen

Take your pick:

Haplochromis limax according to Laif Demason
http://www.cichlidnewsmagazine.com/issues/oct2000/whatsnew.html

Haplochromis limax according to the Europeans
http://burnel.club.fr/Photos/Haplochromis_limax.html
http://www.hippocampus-bildarchiv.de/tier_622_Astatotilapialimaxcf.VIKTORIASEE.htm

Haplochromis limax according to cichlid-forum
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1549

Haplochromis limax according to Thomas Utt
http://www.africancichlidfanatic.org/lake_victoria.htm

Kevin

[vinman]

Ok Kevin, So what do you think of mine

[Jeff F.]

This breed looks very similar to the original posted. http://www.gcca.net/fom/Haplochromis_sp_44.htm

[vinman]

I have the st44 and they look simular they are all in the same group