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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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What kind of cichlid is this
 I am curious as to what kind of cichlid this is. I have had him about a year and he hasn't grown any. He/she is about 3 inches. It will change colors to an almost transparent grey to a solid black with little partial incomplete blue stripes on his body close to his dorsal fin. I have had several people tell me different things of what it could be but nothing definate. Also when I take pictures he will have a blue tint to him but only when I use the flash other than that he looks black.If you go into my album there are more pictures of him/her
Last edited by wvguy26105; August 8th, 2008 at 01:24 PM.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I'd guess its a Demasoni type, possibly just a color mutation? Might be a cross.
My other guess would be Pseudotropheus elongatus type.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Out of the pictures I seen I would have to say he looks most like the Elongatus Chewere. Thank you Allie and Slug I greatly appreciate the responses and help.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wvguy26105
Out of the pictures I seen I would have to say he looks most like the Elongatus Chewere. Thank you Allie and Slug I greatly appreciate the responses and help.
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It's a part of the hobby especially with Malawi cichlds...the identify me game.
I pretty much try to buy my fish frompeople who know exactly what's up. LFS make up their own names.  |
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Yea same here as far as buying my fish but this one looked so unique I just had to have him. I don't deal with the store that I work at for fish as it is a chain type of store and most of whom work there just act like they know what they are talking about when they actually don't. The store I buy from is pretty good with their knowledge and if they don't know something they will tell you and try their best to get you the answers you need.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Sometimes if you train your eye you can find gems in "Mixed African" tanks at the LFS.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wvguy26105
Out of the pictures I seen I would have to say he looks most like the Elongatus Chewere. Thank you Allie and Slug I greatly appreciate the responses and help.
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The Elongatus Chewere has some yellow on the tail, and the stripes go into a fade down the sides of the fish. My guess would be an afra w/ the fish being only 3 inches long. |
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Hard to tell. Some picture remind me of Afra, some elongatus. Any more pictures by chance? Already looked at these and your gallery.
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August 8th, 2008
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In response to Steve there is absolutely no yellow to him at all. It does have one orange egg spot on the anal fin. Only one thing I've found to look just like him is called a scribbled pseuditropheus which can be found at this link http://www.petsolutions.com/Scribble...us+I90070.aspx |
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Metriaclima msobo (fish in the above link)
Your fish does show a little yellow on the back of the dorsal fin.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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That is actually blue on his dorsal fin it is the lighting that makes it look yellow. It is hard to get a picture of him with his fins flared out as he is a camera shy fish. The only colors he has to him are black and blue other than the orange egg spots on his anal fin, the flash makes him appear to have other colors but anytime I take a picture without flash they are blurry and distorted. Here are a few more pictures of him. He is one of the hardest fish in my tank to get pictures of and when I do get a good shot my johannis normally hog the camera. as far as his markings go he has two fading blue stripes near his head and 6 blue dots on his body close to his dorsal fin.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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(Its angela) I was going to go w/ the white blaze cynatilapia afra, still not sure I have went through my ad konings book, however, the pseudo msobo looks a lot like him, and I would think finding that paticular fish in a mixed tank would be more likely.
The afras, in tn/ky are hard to find unless you order them, and being from WV myself I would def say its prob the same up there.
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August 8th, 2008
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Sorry Angela. Yea I actually bought him in marietta from a store that was going out of business . I think I only paid like $2.00 for him and my red zebra. He was in an assorted tank with the red zebra. The pet store I deal with now can pretty much order me any kind of cichlid I want, it just takes a while to get some of them sometimes and sometimes they can be pricy when ordering but they deal with some really good cichlid breeders and I have never had a problem with them and they are so very helpful with any questions I may have. I have had a few questions that they didnt know the answer to so they made some phone calls and didn't give up until I had an answer. The only answer I was never able to get an answer to was what species this peticular fish is.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Slug
Metriaclima msobo (fish in the above link)
Your fish does show a little yellow on the back of the dorsal fin.
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Here's a pix of the 5" msobo we had
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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The pet store I deal with carries those. The color patterns differ from the fish I have plus mine doesn't have any yellow in him what so ever. I'm really starting to think he may possibly be a crossbreed. I have one other fish I am not positive of what he is but it is impossible to get a good pic of him as they always turn out to make him look extremely dark.he is a medium grey with darker vertical stripes and seems when he feels threatened his stripes almost turn black and he turns orange on top of his head and his dorsal fin turns orange as well.
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August 8th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wvguy26105
The pet store I deal with carries those. The color patterns differ from the fish I have plus mine doesn't have any yellow in him what so ever. I'm really starting to think he may possibly be a crossbreed. I have one other fish I am not positive of what he is but it is impossible to get a good pic of him as they always turn out to make him look extremely dark.he is a medium grey with darker vertical stripes and seems when he feels threatened his stripes almost turn black and he turns orange on top of his head and his dorsal fin turns orange as well.
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He might be a cross but he is a pretty cichlid I have one still unidentified cichlid I know has to be part psedo elongatus, but he has to be one of the most beautiful cichlids I have ever seen. We found him in a mixed tank and couldn't pass him up.
Hes almost purple w/ black bars fading down his side, and a little yellow on his dorsal fins. (hes also the only one I don't breed) I am breeding cichlids now, I have yellow labs and kenyi fry right now. It does get pricey when you order from breeders, I have 60+ in each group I recently ordered, cynatilapia afra hai reef, psuedo polit, and pseudo flavus. I am going to get some hongi soon. My breeding is just a hobby though, I love the fish, and raising the fry, and any money I make from the fry goes back into my fish. (Hopefully I can save up enough from breeding to get a sw tank established). |
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