A better pic.....

[Dempsey88]

I hope this pic helps.........

[Dempsey88]

BTW, the other fish in the pic is the fish that I thought was a RD, but others have said Flowerhorn, what do you think?

[Solace]

That other fish in the pic has a 'parrot' head on it. So I would say some type of FH or Parrot.

As for the other I think I have to agree with Rex. He called it on the other thread?

[Vip]

young king kong parrot.

[Dempsey88]

Still think its a Parrot?

[Dempsey88]

Another Pic of the first fish in question here...........

[Rudy]

Looks like a deformed devil.

[Dempsey88]

Deformed....................Really?

[Dempsey88]

Which one is the so called deformed red devil? 2nd pic or 3rd pic?

[Solace]

Ok Rudy what's a Gald Moderator????

And yeah that's a Frankenstien fish, something just ain't right about his noggin.

[Dempsey88]

Frankenstein fish as in FLOWERHORN?

[Solace]

I honestly can't give you an answer on that one. The red/orange fish just has a funky shaped head. It looks like it has a 'parrot' head to me as in those 'parrot fish' except the mouth isn't deformed like the parrots are.

[Dempsey88]

Yeah, you're right, I definitely see "parrot fish" traits, but not entirely "Parrot Fish". I thought there might be some RD characteristics in there too. I give up on that one. I am just going to have to grow it out a bit more, then maybe it may be easier to identify. BTW, have any idea what the other fish is?

[Rudy]

BTW, have any idea what the other fish is?

Did it come from the same tank?

[josh_shilling]

In the first photo the red one looks deformed / flowerhorn, however could just be camera angle because in the second one it looks close to normal.

[josh_shilling]

BTW both look like chain store red devils - possibly mixed with something else.

[cichlidkid_22]

what????
that brown thing is defenently not a devil or any part devil for that matter.

[Rex Karr]

Actually it definitely is a Red Devil/Midas. Are you joking?

[Rudy]

Ok Rudy what's a Gald Moderator????

I have been giving up some duties these days so I went from half assed to gald.

No problem though. Dislexia for cure found.

:D

By the way I think they are both flowerhorns/red devils. I still think the slope on the head of the red one looks deformed .

[Solace]

Yeah the red one is one of those fish that would have to pay a scantily clad girly fish money for a date......


Rudy,

That gald thing umm yeah it's clear as mud.

I was galded/gaulded a few times. Wasn't a comfortable situation. - mountain folks term -

[Dempsey88]

No, these fish were in different tanks at the LFS. So, are we concluding that the red one is a RD/FLOWERHORN and the darker one is a RD/MIDAS?

[cichlidkid_22]

actiualy it looks like a really dark juvi Kraussi to me. but latly my eyes have been playing tricks on me (cost me 10 bucks).
maybe I should lay off the special stuff:rolleyes:

[Dempsey88]

I did find a pic online of a juvenile Kraussi that resembled it very much. This guy is harder to ID that I thought.

[Rudy]

Absolutely, positively no way that is a Kraussi.

Any chance on getting back to the fish store and seeing what the commons names are so you can be sure it is either a flowerhorn, or a devil. It is nothing more than either of those.

[Jason_S]

Dempsey, your fish is not a C. kraussi. :) Here (http://community.webshots.com/album/248314470RovmHK) is a link to my kraussi gallery. In particular llook at the pics that show a good view of the head/mouth. The mouth shape of a kraussi (aka basketmouth) is quite different from that of an Amphilophus. :)

[punkypuffer]

i think the brown one is a rd/midas. it is not uncommon for them to be a dark color and then change to a lighter orange as they develop. hell, every red devil i've had started out brown like that, then ended up being totally orange

[fish speaker]

I can't resist. (BTW, I'm stealing this from a local board):


Thats the funniest shaped Koi I have ever seen.
--Picklefish (see http://www.aquacharlotte.com/)

(Also, all in fun: I have a red/white midas/rd, so I'm allowed to say things like this)

[Dempsey88]

Yeah Jason_S, I see the difference in the mouth area.

[Dempsey88]

Rudy, the tanks where I picked these guys out of were filled with different species of cichlids. They were mixed tanks. There werent any names listed. They looked the most "unique", so I picked them out. Hey guys, thanks for the help. RD,MIDAS or FH, whatever these fish are, I will be posting pics in a couple of weeks to let you see how they are growing. Maybe after a while, they will start to resemble more what we presume them to be. Thanks again. - Dempsey

[Vip]

could be a Kamfa X Red Devil, it has the color of one.

[dirty_20_mike]

The orange fish to me looks like a parrot's head but it is to skinny to be a parrot i think he is a mix oa parrot and convict or somthing like that. Nice fish though.