Tropheus F1 Bemba male

[mikevxr]

Bemba colony (F1 from Holland).

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Very nice looking fish Mike, but are you sure they're bemba? The distinctiveness of the yellow band is what makes me wonder...I have had bright red, orange & even a yellow red mix with my bembas, but not a solid unmistakably yellow band...kaiser perhaps?

[finadic]

Beautiful, but those fish are not Bemba tropheus. They are beautiful clean lined Kaiser Ikola wide band from an excellent wild strain it looks like with the nice quality they show. Google Bemba tropheus & you will see they do not have yellow bands, but more of a bright red or orange color band depending on collecting location. Link below.

www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=2G2cXMCQKdP59APyw6y4Cw&q=bemba+tropheus&oq=bemba+trop&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.1.0.0j0i22i30l7.5490.8204..9406...0.0..0.95.909.11....2..0....1.......0..0i131j46j46i131j46i131i155j0i70i249.SwRSxOJb9Dc#imgdii=Xjq75d2_8qbLxM:&imgrc=Xjq75d2_8qbLxM:

[mikevxr]

Sorry to disappoint but these are indeed Bemba - unfortunately my IPhone 3 doesn't take great pics but the bands are indeed orange under normal light. These came from a Dutch exporter as F1 youngsters about 18 months ago. They're certainly not Ikola - maybe I need a better phone camera! Attached is some of my Ikola.

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[mikevxr]

Tried taking pics using an old iPad - Bemba males, they are indeed orange hopefully pics are a bit better. 

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[brianyelick]

Now that is definitely an orange band lol the first pic was a little harder to tell but that is for sure orange and a great looking fish too mike!!

[mikevxr]

Thanks - most Bemba I've seen seem to have smaller or more broken bands, which my previous group were like.