Tropheus - Anyone know any good uk dealers / suppliers?

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:42 pm

alright peeps!

just started my new job as a postman!! haha

anyway it means iv got some extra cash to normal so i think im going to buy a tropheus group to try and breed, anyway im looking for the following if anyone can help me out?

"Kasanga" Red Rainbows
"Lufubu" Blue Rainbows
"Ilangi"
"Chaitika"
TRUE "Golden Kalambo"

cheers,

andy

Post by **Barbie** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:19 pm

Ilangi are actually extinct in the lake now, so you'll want to make sure you get a good source for them, if you find them. Sorry I can't be of more help. I keep and really enjoy tropheus, but I don't think I could get the fry overseas very easily

.

Barbie

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:30 am

ilangi are not extinct just not as easily collected now.

i just got these a month ago.....39wild caught 5m/34f

check out the link in my sig, there should be some guys from the uk over there that could help you out.

Post by **Barbie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:25 am

According to Ad Konings, they no longer exist in the wild. The fish that are being collected in their collection area are another variant, not Ilangi. I do definitely trust him as the ultimate source of this type of information, since he spends so much time in the lake itself.

Barbie

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:16 am

there was a guy over on c-f that lives on the lake and i remember him stating that its just harder to collect them now due to hippo/croc infestation along with them being protected or something.

most of it all was just rumors and there was never anything backing the fact they they are extinct.

im not questioning you barbie but i have yet to see any proof of them being wiped off the face of the earth but i do see wc ilangi's being offered and i do have a good size colony in my tank. over at tropheusfanatics pam chin is a member and she has dived with ad konigs on occasions and i think they are friends. i will ask her about it and what her and ad thinks about it.

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:52 pm

wow eklikewhoa they look stunning!!!

pity you live so far away!!

thanks guys, il give that forum a go!

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:17 pm

thanks andrew

dont be shy over there, bunch of nice people with a world of info available.

Post by **Barbie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:58 pm

Pam is definitely a friend of Ad's and has dived with him, as has Tim Nurse, my partner on my site Fishaholics

. Tim stays in touch with him and the entire discussion started when I decided to send my colony of ilangi to him a few years ago. Ad was adamant that he should take good care of them because they no longer exist in the lake, hence, where my recommendation came from

. The fish that moved into their "territory" are another closely colored variant, but not the same fish. I guess I'll have to bug Tim to bug Ad about it again

.

I regularly talk to Pam, in fact I gave her very first suckie fish and she's got a big mean red devil named after me, hehe. I know we've discussed the ilangi a time or two but I can't remember exactly what her take on them was.

The consensus on the "new" ilangi wilds being exported seemed to have been that they were no longer "truly" ilangi and were another fish, but hopefully I'm wrong, since I'm sure you paid a pretty penny for your wild colony

.

Barbie

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:41 pm

hahaha, im not sure if i should ask why a Red Devil is named after you barbie.

well hopefully for my sake that the ilangi's are still something of the same. i have seen other variants that closely resemble ilangi's but they have their differences. i have posted to ask pam so maybe we can get her to bother Ad.

from what i am hearing is that instead of being actually "wild caught" they are being pond raised off the banks over there. if i remember right it was Ad or one of the other well respected fellows that gave the statement about the hippo/crocodile population making it harder to collect the ilangi's.

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:01 am

a reply from someone that is staying over there off mpulungu i believe

halfway down, post after the pictures of collected fish from chaitika
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... &start=240