WTB Troph Ilangi

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My boss is keen on getting a group of ilangi. If you have any for sale and can confirm by photograph that they are the true yellow strain (ie. no red gene) please contact me by PM here.
Thx TAM crew,
Danny

[ben]

I've had my local importer who specialises in Tanganyikan cichlids especially Tropheus looking for a wild caught group of ilangi for me anyway I've recently been told that the collection point for these is now a conservation area and permits for the collection of ilangi have been denied, so if true there shouldn't be any freshly imported ilangi anywhere so be careful if you see them for sale as newly imported wilds as they're probably F1 or tank bred.

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Thanks Ben.
I am chasing F1/2 or tank raised anyway. Haven't seen a true yellow wild caught on a new import for years anyway. Their location has been overrun by a species red variant and the outcome has been an orange colored cross breed. Pretty fish but not what I'm after.
There are a few remaining groups of true yellows in the US but the fry are usually very expensive and get snapped up quickly.
Thx for the heads up mate!
Danny

[riftwater]

Hey Danny,

I think there's a guy in Mt. Pleasant or somewhere near that sells F2's.
I'm guessing I saw in on the Michigan Cichlid board.

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

I think that his name is George. I've be wanting to get ahold of that guy as if it's him, I sold him 4 Beautiful Wild Caught that an importer sent me with my Kasanga back in 2013... You know...

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I made contact with George a few weeks back. He still has the wilds from Andrew and added more to the group from another supplier. He told me the additions were not true yellow, but we're "orange".

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Dec 17, 2015 6:26:42 GMT -5 ... said:

I made contact with George a few weeks back. He still has the wilds from Andrew and added more to the group from another supplier. He told me the additions were not true yellow, but we're "orange".

The new ones were Orange? The ones I sold him, Those were the real nice old school yellows!

Anyway to have him john the forum?

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Dec 17, 2015 9:39:36 GMT -5 Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 said:

Dec 17, 2015 6:26:42 GMT -5 ... said:

I made contact with George a few weeks back. He still has the wilds from Andrew and added more to the group from another supplier. He told me the additions were not true yellow, but we're "orange".

The new ones were Orange? The ones I sold him, Those were the real nice old school yellows!

Anyway to have him john the forum?

Ya man...that's what he told me...if I understood his message correctly he added the 4 wilds you sold him to a pre-existing group he had from Wolverine Cichlids that are "orange"...I could be wrong on the order, but either way it happened the group has both color morphs

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Bah. Be nice if people would just make it a regular habit and separate the to groups and try to form a solid population of Yellow Ilangi here in the states.

Heck me and you could work on it together Danny! I'm seriously considering this. Ive been thinking about for some time and started to take it on. But after receiving a group of promising f1 fry from the Oyers, losing 60%+ of them and then getting another group from john and them turning out orange and seeing some genetic deformities, I opted out of them and went for Kasanga.