red devil lover

im new on this site i just purchased a tank and a few fish two of them have died cause my red devil killed them but what i want to know my red devil is about 10cm but he still hasnt changed colour he still is black with greyish stripes and some spots on his sides now is he really a red devil

Lucy

Hi Welcome to FishLore!
If you could post a pic, it would help the member try and identify your fish for you.

I'm moving this thread into the Fish ID section of the forum.
Good luck!

red devil lover

alrighty thanks i will try and get a photo and post it

DRock914

Sounds like a buttikoferi. They are just as aggressive.

Shawnie

welcome to fishlore!
buttikoferi, or at least mine, are yellow with black stripes and no dots....but I agree a pic would help allot

DRock914

A picture would definitely help. By those clues it sounds more like a buttikoferi then a red devil. I have seen grayish ones at pet stores but they probably aren't in the best living conditions.

red devil lover

okay is there any picture that u could get me a link to that i could see one

DRock914

Shawnie

http://www.peteducation.com/images/a...ri_cichlid.jpg butterkofferi cichlid

yours sounds like it could be a texas x red devil http://www.wetwebmedia.com/CichlidPIX/fish4.jpeg

red devil lover

ok i put a few pictures in my gallery if u want to look but my camera isnt that good so there the best i got lol

Shawnie

\ looks like a red devil texas cross to me ..finnage and facial shape isnt a butterkofferi...but with the cichlids that are hybrids now a days, could be a combo of anything ...

red devil lover

but he dosent look aything like the pictures u suggested and in the night he sought of changes colours in between his stripes to a lighter pinky colour

DRock914

I agree it doesn't look like a buttikoferi, sorry I don't know what that is.

Shawnie

its a mix of something..the first pic I can see a bit of convict in it...but the second pic has a bit of a texas hyrbrid look..be interesting to see what memebers think ...

red devil lover

ok thanks shawnie will he ever turn fully pink cause i really would love if he turned to an orange pinky colour cause i love the look of a full grown red devil and even know he might be crossed will he still get as big as a normal red devil

btate617

To me it looks like a 'Cichlasoma' Uropthalmus (false red terror, or Mayan cichlid).
The colors are pretty dark which they will turn when stressed.
Try for a pic when the fish isn't so darkly colored and I can tell for sure.
Great fish by the way.

Brian

red devil lover

ok thanks yer i will try and get a few more he seems to turn pinkish in the night for some reason and he is always that colour through the day but i will try and get a few more pictures for u, and so if he was a red devil he would definately be a redish orange colour by now right?

btate617

He could be redish/orange, possibly have black blotches everywhere, they go through some pretty cool color changes. However the stripes are why I say it is not a red devil.

I found some old pics of my Mayan cichlid, 'Cichlasoma' Uropthalmus, I will put here for you to see. Also the way to tell a real red terror against a false red terror is the 2nd and 3rd verticle stripe on a real red terror, exCichlasoma Festae, will meet and form a Y.


These are all the same fish just showing different colors and the flash being different.






Brian