gmillar

At my local Petcetera I was cruising for new fish, and I found a nice female betta to go with my male. However, it was "buy one get one free" so I found something else. The label said something like "Female Dwarf Gourami" but the girl in the store said that probably wasn't right, and I'm inclined to agree with her. It actually looks more like a Cichlid. It's a tan colour, with one diamond shape where the tail and body meet, and some black at the front of the dorsal. IT has some faint vertical striping that was more evident in the store. It's a little hard to see because my guppies keep stirring up the sand with their fornication.

I drew this in mspaint. I left out the, uh, side and bottom fins? Because I can't remember what they look like. I think this is more or less the markings and shape though.

sick-lid boy

It's FLOUNDER!!!

Actually I have no idea... but if it is indeed a cichlid of some kind, it's sometimes pretty tough to tell what kind until they mature a bit.

Nice drawing, though

vin

Probably some sort of cichlid...

COBettaCouple

any chance that it's a convict?

Tom

Aren't convicts blue?
Tom

COBettaCouple

could be.. i don't know convicts real well - but remembered them having the stripes..

gmillar

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies. Here's an updated drawing. It's about an inch long, all told, and likes to just sort of hover in one spot, near cover, like a rock or plant. So far ignores the tetras, guppies, and cory completely.

Trpimp147

if it was a cichlid it would of tryed killing htem already.... they are vary aggressive fish

gmillar

Maybe, but it's as small as the little neon tetras, and everything else is significantly bigger. Also, it's new to the tank, and the rest are established. Some cichlids are less aggressive too, aren't they? Rams for example.

sick-lid boy

Baby cichlids are not necessarily aggressive. I had a Red Jewel that I got when he was about an inch and he lived with guppies, neon tetras, Discus, and other fish without showing even a hint of aggressiveness. Then when he got to be around 2.5-3 inches, he turned into the most aggressive S.O.B. you've ever seen.

nicole

I think its a brown keyhole cichlid, but I'm not 100%.Could you post a pic? Let me know if not I could post a pic of mine, maybe that would help.Just going by your description that is what first comes to mind.

nicole

Actually I think the proper name is chocolate keyhole cichlid as they go a choclately brown colour as they mature.

Tom

Could this be it?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=897
I don't think so, but it sounds like it from the description you gave at the beginning.
Tom

gmillar

Well my camera has problems, and he's pretty shy, not to mention the same colour as my sand.

If this is the Brown Keyhole Cichlid, it's not that, but judging by the fins etc it's pretty closely related. The spot though is definitely at the base of the tail, and it's less compressed.



The shape is actually more like this one.

Trpimp147

my cichlids at a vary small size killed two 3 inch plecos. my cichlids werent no more then 3/4 inch. my autures is vary vary aggressive.

Jacko

I would guess it at a gold gourami. Here is a pic of one, does it look like it?



If not then I have no idea, even with a not so great picture we can probably tell what it is so if you could post a pic it would be most helpful.

Or it could be a gold barb, not likely but after looking at the paint pics, it is possible.

0morrokh

No, that's not a Gold Gourami. Looks like some kind of cichlid...

COBettaCouple

http://www.fishhead.com/photos.htm - you could look through the cichlids here, but it'll be time consuming with no thumbnails. Same for http://tropicalfishgallery.com/speci..._cichlids.html. You might want to check out http://www.worldcichlids.com/gallerys/ first.

gmillar

http://www.fishhead.com/cgi-bin/show...achese,+Zambia
(Copy the link into your address bar, clicking it won't work)

That's his colouration, almost exactly. The double stripes, and the single perpendicular stripe over the eye. It's totally the wrong shape though, maybe because he's a juvenile? His shape is more like a shell dweller or something.

He's changed a lot in the past few days, I guess more comfortable in his accommodations. Unfortunately, he was starting to harass my female guppies, charging them, so I moved him into another tank with my betta pair. Since they're both a lot larger than him, he's calmed down a lot, but his colouration is still very sharp.

Looks a lot like this one, the shape is pretty similar, as are the markings. Mine isn't yellow at all, like this one, though.

cichlid seeker

I think it is a Pnda Dwarf cichlid or some kind of kilie fish.