For Sale: FREE Red Moliro

[moganman]

I just noticed that one of my "Kachese" is a Red Moliro. I think it's a male, but I'm not certain. Free to the first person who has a colony and shows up. Fish is about 3.5-3.75". Healthy

[huytran2088]

Lol it must be gone ASAP!

[h4ppyb4by]

How can you tell the different between Kachese and Moliro ?

[New_Cichlid11]

How can you tell the different between Kachese and Moliro ?

obvious different to those who have seen both variants

[h4ppyb4by]

Your answer is not helping. If I knew then I wouldn't ask. I'm new to tropheus. What's the obvious different ? I bought these 2 groups from a same seller. I may have cichlids in the wrong group.

[Andrew_B]

Moliro are more of a brick red color with brighter red by their tail. Kachese have more of a broad range of colors. They can look as yellow as an illangi but generally more of an orange color along the lower half/belly

[moganman]

There is a specific horizontal red marking close to the caudal fin in the moliro. A dead give away is that the Red Kachese have red/orange markings on their gill/gill juncture.

Tropheus moorii Moliro.jpg

Notice the Red marking near the caudal fin.

[New_Cichlid11]

There is a specific horizontal red marking close to the caudal fin in the moliro. A dead give away is that the Red Kachese have red/orange markings on their gill/gill juncture.

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Notice the Red marking near the caudal fin.

+1 one dead give away on the kachese is the orange marking on the gill plate. But i would not take it as far as comparing it to the ilangi. Not even close

[moganman]

Yeah the Red Kachese is the most colorful red IMO and if a comparison is made to any fish, I think in their light coloration, they can look somewhat similar to the Golden Kazumba

[Andrew_B]

That's a closer reference to what I was going for. Kachese color range is so vast compared to other trophs based on their temperment

[moganman]

You're right about that. When they are bored or stressed, they look like any other red. When they are excited they are beautiful. I have a few males that are constantly colored up and they are gorgeous. There's variations too. My first colony looked like they came straight from a picture from the net. Always orange. These haven't gotten there yet, but time will tell.

[New_Cichlid11]

Your kachese are nice man, I wouldn't mind to have a colony of them they are beautiful

[moganman]

It's a female. Vent is dropping and my dominant male is trying to breed with her lol. It's finally pending.

[moganman]

Gone. Thanks