Talk:Maylandia estherae

algae eaters?

Please cite this as in my experience they allow algae to take over their tank. They do however have a mouth suitable to eat algae as it is more flat with think lips like the pleco catfish species. Regarding plecos, Red Zebras will attack them. We should add something about their compatibility. I also find it intersting that they are named RED Zebra when they are actually yellow or blue in colour, where did the common name come from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lsuacner (talk • contribs) 07:26, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Eating plant matter & allowing algae to take over their tank are two completely different behaviors with completely different reasons. Fish native to a freshwater lake are of course going to be more comfortable in a natural-feeling aquarium with rocky caverns, warm water, plants, and algae-covered everything. Fishes native to a huge freshwater lake with millions of MUCH bigger cichlids than themselves are of course not going to be murderous carnivores as they are at mid-to-low tiers of the food chain, relying primarily on a plant-based diet with occasional meaty meals when a very young fish gets caught out in the open or when something dies. Dynen (talk) 03:28, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

article name

Why is a disputed Latin name used as the title for this article (i.e., Maylandia vs. Metriaclima), rather than the widely used common name, Red Zebra? And why does the article not even mention the naming the dispute, excpet to use a 3rd (probably outdated) Latin name in the article that is different from the title of the article? Rlendog (talk) 15:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I second the motion to re-name this article after the colloquial term for the fish. It is by FAR more recognizable under the name of Red Zebra cichlid than it’s Latin species name which has changed over the years, as is the case with most tropical fish. Dynen (talk) 03:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

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Wrong photo

The so called picture of a female is actually a male Aulonocara hybrid. Please remove it

Colour variation

I think this part of the description could be improved. More details of "morphs" can be found here