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suffused
02-25-2008, 09:14 AM
I got these the other day. There are 3 more cichlids but they were hiding and I couldn't get a shot of them. Please excuse the dirty glass. Didn't no it was that bad untill I saw the photos.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/tattood_moon/S4300065.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/tattood_moon/S4300067.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/tattood_moon/S4300037.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/tattood_moon/S4300064.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/tattood_moon/S4300031.jpg
AndrewH
02-25-2008, 10:32 AM
Very nice looking fish you got there.

(being a cichlid noob) What are they?
suffused
02-25-2008, 10:41 AM
Very nice looking fish you got there.

(being a cichlid noob) What are they?

I really don't have a clue!!:confuzeld: I've been trying to find out. I'm taking the photos up to this guy I know at Petco on plano and Spring Valley. He said he might be able to help me out with that.
AndrewH
02-25-2008, 10:42 AM
OIC, is this a "Help me ID these fish" type thread?

At any rate those are some good looking fish in all of the pictures ;), nice finds.
Misty
02-25-2008, 11:05 AM
The dark one in the third pic is a Bumble Bee cichlid, and you'll love it. I had one that grew rather large (mine was 8-9½") and had a bit of an attitude, she was best friends with a Trimac, lol. They get fat way fast so watch it's intake, they like to be hogs. They develop a girth like no other!

They have the ability to turn black so they can raid egg nests in dark caves. The use it to "hide" from the parents until they're right on the nest and then the feeding frenzy begins and is over in seconds!

Great looking additions!
tsunderl
02-25-2008, 11:35 AM
First pic looks like a sailfin or featherfin cat. They're cool. Not experienced enough with cichlids to ID any others, but I'm sure someone can help.
kewlkatdady
02-25-2008, 11:39 AM
the light purple on with the yellow fins is a:
Metriaclima greshakei
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=794

Heres a link to the bumble bee or Pseudotropheus crabro :
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=845

You bumblebee is a mature male as the female and young males are yellow and black (hence the name bumblebee)
suffused
02-25-2008, 01:04 PM
Like I said I had no idea what they were. I've been going through the Cichlid forum for the past few night. There is another cichlid in the take that I can not seem to get a photo of. It is mush smaller than the other. it's about 3 inch. Dark in color like the bumble bee with Vertical stripping. It doesn't look like the Bumble Bee, it's head is shaped differently. Shaped more like the other fish in the same photo. The plecos are huge, between 6 and 7 inches on the larger one. Not sure if I am keeping all of the fish. I think there are too many in the tank.
kewlkatdady
02-25-2008, 01:09 PM
does it look like this?
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/kewlkatdady/auratus.jpg
tsunderl
02-25-2008, 01:09 PM
Let me know if you want to rehome the sailfin cat. I'd be interested.
bra8ndy8
02-25-2008, 01:10 PM
ahhh damn you beat me to it T!!
EAST_TX_RN
02-25-2008, 01:10 PM
Great photos Suffused!
suffused
02-25-2008, 01:18 PM
does it look like this?
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/kewlkatdady/auratus.jpg

Kinda but not really!!! Strips going the other way. Dark on darker. Black and brown!
bra8ndy8
02-25-2008, 01:24 PM
Well your lucky it's not that one! And stay far away from them!
suffused
02-25-2008, 01:26 PM
Let me know if you want to rehome the sailfin cat. I'd be interested.
I've been thinking about it. He is a big (boy?)!

Great photos Suffused!
Thank you but my camera sucks!!

ahhh damn you beat me to it T!!
If tsunderl doesn't want it your the next in line.
bra8ndy8
02-25-2008, 01:28 PM
cool!!!!! I AM THERE~~
supersmirky
02-25-2008, 02:21 PM
Stay away from them??? Wait now..>I can't wait for my Krib to have little ones!! She's holding a big belly these days!
suffused
02-25-2008, 02:25 PM
The little one that I was taking about seems to be a bit shy. Stays away from the others and away from me. Doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.
kewlkatdady
02-25-2008, 02:53 PM
I got nothing...

try and get a pic...
tsunderl
02-25-2008, 07:26 PM
ahhh damn you beat me to it T!!

I've seen these in the LFS and they are sooo cool. Graceful pudgy things. lol I wanted one for my 180 but didn't have the money at that time and they since sold him/her. I've seen others, but I won't buy one I see munching on something that used to be alive, so I passed. Anyway, let me know what you decide.
bra8ndy8
02-25-2008, 08:17 PM
I have one......he's great! But they defiantly have some good appetites!
suffused
02-25-2008, 10:48 PM
I've seen these in the LFS and they are sooo cool. Graceful pudgy things. lol I wanted one for my 180 but didn't have the money at that time and they since sold him/her. I've seen others, but I won't buy one I see munching on something that used to be alive, so I passed. Anyway, let me know what you decide.


I need to find a place for him and four of the cichlids. The two pictured and two of the smaller ones. Will take any reasonable offer on them (Trades are welcome). I'll try and get a photo of the other two.