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March 12th, 2010
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| | Fish Bum
| Help Identifying a Cichlid
A friend of mine is tying to find a home for 2 of her cichlids and I offered to take them in, unfortunately she lives out of town and has yet to email a picture. She bought them cuz she liked them but doesnt know what kind they are. They are 2 years old, 3 inches long, vertical stripes, and the tips of the back fins are bright green. I know thats not as good as a pic but does anyone know what kind that COULD be  Any help would be great. When Im sent the pic I'll post it. Thanks.
Last edited by Charity111; March 13th, 2010 at 06:07 PM.
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March 13th, 2010
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| Help Identifying a Cichlid
Can anyone tell me what kind of cichlids these are? My friend has had them for 2 years and they are 3 inches long with vertical stripes. Any info would be great thanks ! | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Those are really cool! But Idon't know what they are.
Carol | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| | Fish Bum
| They are pretty nifty, I was offered them but would like to know what they are first. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| | Fish Master
| most deff an african cichlid ...maybe nutter, brian, BB, or scubes would know! | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| | Fish Master
| I think it is either a Copadichromis or Aulonocara. I can't be specific aobut the species though as they are so interbred that it is very difficult to tell which variant yours may be. I'm fairly sure it is some sort of Copadichromis though.
Sorry I can't be more helpful. Nice looking fish though!! | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Thanks, I'd just like to know if I can possible get a tank mate for it, but I only have a 25 gallon and dont want to crowd them. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Copadichromis sp. "Flavimanus Lundu" is what it looks like to me. Or maybe Aulonocara guentheri?
The nose is making me think Aulonocara, but the rest of the body seems to be copadichromis. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Are the goldfish still in the 25gal? Any rift lake cichlid will make pretty short work out of belting a goldfish. 25gal isn't big enough for even one of the cichlids in question. Even not knowing the specific species I can tell you that a minimum tank size for 99.9% of rift lake cichlids is 55gal. There are a couple that can go in smaller tanks than that but these guys definitley need a large tank. 25gal is barely large enough to house the goldfish. I wouldn't consider adding anything else to the tank at all. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Hope you don't mind I merged your two threads, this way all your information will be in one place and you may get more responses.
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March 13th, 2010
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| | Fish Bum
| No the goldie will b leaving, yeesh I don't want to put a potential giant in my little tank, that would suck! | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| | Fish Master
| They won't necessarily be giants but rift lake cichlids generally require much more living space than the typical tropical fish. Seeing as they are relatively small for thier age I would suggest that they are likely to only get to about 6" but 25gal will still not provide the living space they require. Perhaps if you intend to get a larger tank in the next couple of months you could house them very temporarily in 25gal. I wouldn't want them in there for more than 2months though. They would also require extensive rockwork to provide caves & hidey holes as all rift lake cichlids do. | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| So then this particular fish looks like a couple different cichlids but is unidentifiable Heres a better side view of the guy in question. Hope it helps a bit more, thanks everyone ! 
Last edited by Charity111; March 14th, 2010 at 01:21 PM.
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March 16th, 2010
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| | Fish Bum
| Is it a female Red Peacock | |
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March 20th, 2010
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| | Fish Addict
| I have female red peacocks and i don't believe that is one... she looks very similar but the shape of the body is much different. It is either something else or if it is a red peacock i would imagine she already has suffered a growth stunt its hard to tell though... Most female peacock varieties look VERY similar. I honestly think you may never find out... | |
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March 20th, 2010
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| Well if I never find out thats fine. I'm continuing to care for her the same way the previous owners did, and I am enjoying this little oddball more everyday. After reading about other Malawi cichlids I cannot wait to get the bigger tank and get a couple more. Thanks for all the help everybody.  | |
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