Hi all

[Lady Peacock]

I have just registered here & I hope you guys can help me. I am in & from the UK. I bought a couple of new Malawi cichlids at the weekend. Trying to find out if I have sulphur heads or ahlis, or one of each. I think the smaller one is an ahli, but am not sure about the larger one.

 

[Wet Sleeves]

Hi,
Welcome to CCA. Looks like an Ahli in the last photo.

 

[Lady Peacock]

Yeah, that one is. He is an existing fish who I chose for his attitude & he kept crashing the photos! I think he actually chased off the one I was actually after!!

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

The peacocks have a shorter and taller body than the ahli, so if they have the typical long, slender body, they're more likely to be ahli. There are tons of hybrids out there though, so its very difficult to assume purity unless you know the source.

 

[Lady Peacock]

The peacocks have a shorter and taller body than the ahli, so if they have the typical long, slender body, they're more likely to be ahli. There are tons of hybrids out there though, so its very difficult to assume purity unless you know the source.

I wondered if I may have had a hybrid or 2. The smaller one is most similar to my existing ahli except that the blue stripe on the top of his head is slightly orange/yellow in the middle. The larger is a darker/duller blue - definitely not electric blue- and his stripe is broken as it goes up his head & when you can see it again it's certainly yellow. He is also fuller in the body.