Lexar169

I cant remember what my fish is called can someone throw me a link to what it is?


The Blue one ~

Red1313

Looks like a cichlid to me but I could be wrong...

Camacho

looks like a blue johanni but im not 100%

Tony G.

hm he looks like mbuna to me... demasoni maybe?? not sure though.
Angela and Bolivianbaby are good at IDing africans. I wouldnt leave him with the platties though... they're very agressive...

bolivianbaby

My best guess would be a blue acara. He's definitely not a johanni or demasoni (no offense to the other posters). However, he is not compatible with the platys. African cichlids need a pH around 8.0.

btate617

100% African, it won't be a South American.

I am not the best at Africans as I haven't had them in a long time, but if I had to guess I would say either Cynotilapia Afra or a Pseudotropheus species.

Also like already said I would get the fish away from the platys, they will not last long together.

Brian

bolivianbaby

Sorry, I have blue acara on my mind atm. I meant to say afra.

Blue acaras are South American. Afras are African. Great catch, Brian.

Slug

Blue Acara look nothing like that lol...

Definitely a Malawi African. Looks like a typical LFS "Mixed African" to me, possibly from Cobalt Blue Zebra lines. Could very well be a Melanochromis johannii or Melanochromis johannii mix.

Tony G.

LOL that's why I'm not getting into africans yet, one fish could be like... 10 others

omnitheforsaken

lol... I was going to say... what's wrong with you people those are clearly platy's but then I zoomed in and saw the cichlid. lol... man I would've felt like a jerk.

bolivianbaby

My johanni's look nothing like that. They're stripes are horizontal and they have a lot more black. They're longer and slimmer. Now I'm confused.

In my defense on the acara thing, I've been up for 15 hours. Does that help my plea of insanity Granted I'm not overseas fighting a war, but I'm fighting a battle with a pre-teen

Tony G.

LOL when i read it i was like...
i knew you mixed somethin up!



someone wants a blue acara...

whose fault was that??!

bolivianbaby

YOURS!

Tony G.

aren't you glad i told you about them?

I feed my MTS through you

bolivianbaby

Actually, yes I am. It's fine to feed your MTS through me. We have the tanks to do it here

Tony G.

Lol Ty!!!

Camacho

it kinda looks like a bumble bee but in blue lol hybrid? idk im still goin with johanni

bolivianbaby

Here's some pics of my johanni. Maybe this'll help a little bit. In the first pic, he's in the front.

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Lexar169

I feel poor when i see other tanks lol. thanks for your help on this...and yeah the platy are a bad idea...im working around to find a salution for that problem. in the future im going to build a 55g+ tank. they used to be really calm w/ eachother untill lastnight. Blue got extreamly aggressive. was the beta at first but now he hangs out under the filter and leaves everyone alone. I turned the light off last night and it seemed to stop blues "Natural" attack mode (i cant blam the fish for my poor planning) In a later post ill tell you all how i came about wanting to be a fishkeeper Thanks again everyone!