rare fish in the hobby malawi

[TrailerParkFishTanks]

i like cyathopharynx foai, i don't know how many are keeping them around here but i dont think they're very common. there are a bunch of different featherfins out there but i like these the most. i dont have anything rare in my tanks, yellow labs, and fuellerborni. ha

I have a cyathopharynx furcifer, which used to be labeled under the same name but got changed. Really hoping it's a male

hows the agg level?

[Sean]

It's not too bad actually. He was in a tang. Tank and was too small for the rest of the fish In there, so I put him in my mbuna tank and he does pretty well. He doesn't bother anyone and nobody bothers him

[Regalblue]

BTW - the rarest Malawi I'm keeping is Metriaclima Hayjomaylandi.  But, I know of 2 other people in Michigan who have them also.

Any chance you'll have some at the auction?

I am planning on hoarding all the ones I have. But, maybe we could work something out.

[Loon36cf]

Melanochromis mpoto

Those are sweet looking

[auratus]

Stuff breeding now ( not all have had fry yet)
Petrochromis  Famula, Ortho Ikola, yellow Moshi, red Bulu piont
Trophs  Brichardi Bolombora
Hai reef jewel spots
gobie red katobogo

Future...
Troph green Murango
Copadachromis   Virg. firecrest& midnight Mloto
Astrotilapia ananocolor
K not all Malawi ( got confused other people posted Tangs as well ) 

[nismo_sky28]

Melanochromis mpoto

Those are sweet looking

Not much info on them yet and some confusion as to what they were do to being misnamed a few times in the past. All I know is I want these in with my williamsi!

[djlamonica]

I also have a group of albino red cheek tropheops but I think some one else has a breeding group around here very cool can't wait for them to start breeding.

[danielratti]

Someone up here actually has a group as well. Really cool looking when the get big.

[PJ]

i got green cap lethrinop itungi and two of the chitandae groups of peacock ,let me know what else u might be looking for

[Ron]

Now I've only been in the hobby a little over a year so maybe some of you old dogs could chip in and talk about the good olde days.

The rare ones from the "good olde days" either became common, because people like them, or almost obsolete, because people didn't like them. 

All in all, there are ebbs and flows to what is common, what is rare, and what is sought after.

For anyone disappointed that there aren't more uncommon or rare species (Malawians in particular) at auctions, look in the mirror. The quality of what's there results from what's chosen by those who bring fish in the first place.