Need ID on African cichlids

Crazy Crays24
  • #1
Hello everyone, help on identification of two unknown African cichlids would be very much appreciated.

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I bought this first one in the "Assorted African Cichlids" tank at Walmart (I know, bad idea, but its actually very healthy) one night because, to me it has a unique look to it. It is between 2.5-3". I think it is a juvenile Ice Blue Zebra cichlid because it has all the markings of one, except it is a brown color. I was told that the Ice Blues are a brown color when young. It is aggressive and chases everyone except my Jewel cichlid, and my new Electric Blue JohannI cichlid.

Pic #2
This second one I bought at my LFS in the "Assorted African Cichlids" tank. At first I thought that it was a Red Zebra cichlid, but it has a different look to it, and, I don't know if you can see this in the picture or not, but it is orange and has vertical yellow stripes running down the body, which, i'm not sure if the red zebras have that or not. What I think now is that it is a hybred African cichlid, but I'm not sure. It's about 1 1/2" and already fighting with similar sized tankmates.

P.S... Both are in my main 55 gallon cichlid community tank.

Thanks in advance!!! x
 

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Nick G
  • #2
HI Crazy Crays. Identifying young Africans can be tricky, as the're are several species that look alike when young. The first is probably a young Ice Blue IMO, I have a few in my tank that look very similar. The second could possibly be a Red Zebra or Peach Zebra.
 

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Peimei
  • #3
ok I don't mean to high jack your thread but I have the exact same fish from the same type of source I also have blue zebras that are actually blue I'm guessing the blues are female and the brown ones like this are male just from watching their interactions. I'll post some pics in a bit.
 
deathtroll
  • #4
The first one might be a female ice blue. The males will be blue and the females and juveniles are brown.
 
RogueAgent94
  • #5
Well to me the first picture looks like a kenyI hybrid. And the second looks just like my red zebra fry. So I believe you have the second fish right.
 

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