Phenominal New Book!!!

[Randall]

Dear Friends,

For information about Dr. Lamboj and his new book, The Cichlid Fishes of Western Africa, please have a look at the "Apisto News" section of apistogramma.com, http://www.apistogramma.com/cms/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=500.

Addendum:

Yours truly has been forwarded sections for proofing, and this book excedes expectations; in short, it is amazing. Finally, western African cichlid enthusiasts will have a comprehensive, detailed, state of the science and state of the hobby reference.

Thank you.

Randall Kohn

 

[MC1979]

Dear Randall,

When you recieve a copy of this book, would you please post the ISBN in this thread? It would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

MC

 

[Randall]

Dr. Lamboj's new book

Dear MC,

The ISBN of the German edition is 3-928819-32-1. We should have the ISBN number of the English edition posted here in May.

Thanks!

All the best,

Randall Kohn

 

[kribs]

Randall please let me know who is selling these in May.

 

[ancientaquarist]

ISBN numbers.

Randall-

You never need to specify an I(international) SBN number and a particular edition or language. The # is the #.

 

[Danno]

I can hardly wait, Randall. These are some really awesome fish!

 

[chromis]

Dear Randall

I have waited with excitement for this book and ever since the beginning of May :roll: , I have tried to search for the book but to no avail.

Would you have any information on who might be selling this at the moment?

 

[Randall]

"The Cichlid Fishes of Western Africa"

Hello Chromis,

Unfortunately, the new book is running late. Although originally expected out in April/May, the publisher hopes to have it ready for June/July.

If all goes well, we hope to make it available through Apistogramma.com.

All the best,

Randall Kohn

 

[apistodave]

Randall is that like 2005?

 

[LyreTail]

I have the new book by Anton Lamboj

The book is truely excellent but I wish is would show a few more "attitude" pictures of Kribs. Many of these fish can change colors and it would be nice to see different stages for better ID

For example compare My male Moliwe Krib in spawning attitude to the one in the book which looks like it is in stress mode

http://groups.msn.com/LyreTailsAquarium/discusandangelfish.msnw?Page=6

 

[Randall]

Pelvicachromis photos

Hello Lyre Tail,

Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos with us. They are sweet!

To his credit, Dr. Lamboj did not use color enhanced photos in his book, as has been done before by some other authors. I agree that a few more Pelvicachromis taeniatus photos would be nice, but at least what is depicted is natural.

Dr. Lamboj is working with Pelvicachromis as we speak, and we can look forward to some classifitory changes in the very near furture.

May I use some of your photos in my talks, please? Of course, full credit will be given to you.

Thanks!

Randall Kohn

 

[LyreTail]

Of course you can use any photo you want on my site - they are not enhanced, but sometimes the flash plays tricks a little - mostly by bleaching . I am still learning how to take good pictures, but lately have got much better at it. I believe you already used a few I sent through email for Apistogramma sp. "Papagei"
Just give credit to "Curtis B"

 

[tjudy]

The 'unique' color male pulcher is truly a spectacular fish. You mentioned that it showed up in a spawn and is unlike its sibling? Interesting... are you planning to breed it back to its mother to see if you can get more of them like that? Does it stay that color, or is it mood dependent?

 

[LyreTail]

No - that Krib was in a tank with a whole bunch of other Juveniles - I assumed the two juveniles I bought from that tank were "brothers"

When I first purchased the two a few months ago, they looked very similar with very deep red on top of the dorsal and caudal fins but looked normal everywhere else. They were about 1 inch long. Now they are about 2 inch long and the "red color morph brother" only get the red color when being fed or with the female. Somewhat a "classic red color morph" as described by Anton Lamboj The uniquely colored one stays the same color, but does fade in stress. The fin remain colored like you see at all times He seems to be a yellow color morph with a heavy yellow gold tone to his main body which seems different than any Krib I have seen. Under stress the yellow gold on his body become a bit more drab gold

I spawned the red morph "brother" to the larger full grown yellow female and she turned on him after wards. ( fry are about 1 month old now) I then removed him because that was how my original Yellow male died. ( I have 40 Juveniles left from that pairing) Next time I intend to introduce the uniquely colored one to see if she will accept him as a mate - might make for some unique fry? I prefer not to interbreed for more than 1 generation with any of my "projects" but might to try to set in a color form unique and as beautiful as that