where can i buy cichlids in Selangor and KL?

[freakmaster]

Alucard,

Update on your visit to LFS in KL please. Got what you looked for? How's the visit to AI??? Brought anything back to Miri???

[freakmaster]

Alucard,

Update on your visit to LFS in KL please. Got what you looked for? How's the visit to AI??? Brought anything back to Miri???

[Alucard]

I didnt get the chance to go to AI due to time constrain but I did managed to bring back 8 V. Synspillum and 3 H. Argentea

End of the year I'm planning to set up a Frontosa community tank, will be getting them from Cichlid Forever in Singapore

[kevkoi]

What sort of Frontosa? The common Burundi 6bar? Or something more exotic? Recently someone in Queensland, Australia paid A$1K for a 4inch Frontosa 'Blue Zaire'! Of course Frontosas are illegal species here in Aust (like so many other fish), but I doubt the blue zaire or the 7bar frontosas would be very much cheaper in Malaysia or S'pore either.

Btw, while u're looking into the availability of Lake Tanganyikan cichlids in Malaysia/S'pore, could I find out the availability of Altolamprologus calvus 'White calvus Kapemba'? Are they available? I've seen the Black calvus around in M'sia but never the white morph.

I'm also currently facinated by the Cyathopharynx furcifer and foai. What's the availability status in Malaysia and S'pore again?

Geez, now if ppl in Malaysia would get some exposure and actually see one of these furcifers (aka featherfins), they'd dump the flowerhorn and start keeping some of these REAL cichlids.

[freakmaster]

I've finally got some time to visit this forum.....*phew*. Anyway Alucard, how do you manage to bring it back to Sarawak? Tips and tricks???

Kev, maybe you can include some pictures of the mentioned species so we can all drool over it?

[kevkoi]

This is but one of the many colour morphs of C.furcifer
http://www.cichlidlovers.com/

I believe the one in the picture is C.furcifer "Magara" or "Kigoma", one of the most commonly found in the aquarium.


Another picture of a C.foai:

http://home.kooee.com.au/bmoremon/Cyathopharynx%20foai%20Karilani%20Copper%20Male'.. jpg

Above web site is a picture of Cyathopharynx foai "Karilani Copper".

These fish get to about 6inches.... and they're not some man-made hybrid fish. These are REAL cichlids found in lake Tanganyika.

[kevkoi]

Oh and this is a picture of White Calvus.
http://www.irmascichlids.250x.com/A.calvuswhite.jpg

This is a picture of the commonly available black Altolamprologus calvus:
http://www.kingcoral.com/calvus.jpg

I have 12 young black calvus here in Sydney. An adult breeding pair of calvus is worth about $600 here in Sydney... They take about 2-3years to mature and grow painfully slowly.

I think black calvus in Malaysia are worth something like RM60 for a 1inch fish... so they're not cheap either.

[mybirdshit]

Originally Posted by kevkoi

Vieja Synspillum aka Black Belt. Last I saw, plenty young fish in AI. Errr.... sorry don't exactly have the address but u can look up the Telephone directory.

Note: The red head cichlid/Quetzal,Vieja synspilum and black belt,Vieja maculicauda are not the same. They may be same genus but different species.

[mybirdshit]

There is new cichlid shop in Sunwaymas Commercial Centre called Cichlid Connections...like EA and CF they import wild-caught Fronts and other rare cichlids. I just went there and got 4 Vieja argentea bred by Jeff Rapp in US...go have a look...I also saw compressiceps and other tangayikans and malawis there...they just opened not too long...

[KaNine]

Originally Posted by Alucard

I didnt get the chance to go to AI due to time constrain but I did managed to bring back 8 V. Synspillum and 3 H. Argentea

End of the year I'm planning to set up a Frontosa community tank, will be getting them from Cichlid Forever in Singapore

Hey bro,

if u bring back those 4 Argenteas, I'll buy them back from you hehehehe