what type of cichlid it is?

[lilwright2025]

Here's another if anybody knows.

[Rudy]

Looks pretty african to me. Maybe one of the mods can move this over to the african Id for you.

[fishfood]

if you find the exact name Pm it to me please (i have this fish)

[lilwright2025]

How big is yours and what color is it?

[MalawiMayhem]

Looks like N. fuscotaeniatus

If he is still small and showing blue on the face, you have purchased a hormoned fish....

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=369

[fishfood]

mine is 1 & 1/2 in and is light blue with the vertical dark stripes

[lilwright2025]

ok it looks just like him but more mature thanks for the help:)

[Stephen#1]

venustis rock hap if he is yellow and purple, kinda blury

[hwzcoolboy]

I also bought this fish too....it is bullied by all other cichlids...i hope it can survive.

Its not tat nimbochrombis or wat...

The mouth part is blue... body as wave dark patches

[james]

does he have a lot of red in his fins hwzcoolboy?? if so to me that looks like a nimbochrombis fuscotaeniatus a nice fish they can grow big by the way

[MalawiMayhem]

It is a Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus....but looks like he is hormoned....sorry to say.

These guys don't naturally color up until they are at least 5 or more inches....

[hwzcoolboy]

erm...lighting does the effect...under lighting it will show some sort of orangy in its body and bluish at the mouth

Another pic of it...sorry me using onli CCFL tube D-I-Y ...to light up my tank

[hwzcoolboy]

Notice the beak part is blue in color ?? and the body is got some sort of patches but it the patches design is different from the Venetus Nimbrochomis (dunno how to spell)

So u see the difference between lighting effect on my fish...the pic i posted earlier one is the same pic as this one.

[hwzcoolboy]

This is the pic taken from a website...a real Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus

Think mine looks like this one.

http://www.amateurcichlids.com/pics/n_fuscotaeniatus2

[hwzcoolboy]

Another angle shot of my N.fuscotaeniatus.

Oops its swimming too fast...tough to capture

http://community.webshots.com/s/image9/4/75/5/111447505ficCvb_ph.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/s/image9/4/82/68/111448268sLQOqL_ph.jpg

[MalawiMayhem]

How large is he?

[hwzcoolboy]

Not too shabby . 2.5 " :)

[Cichlid_Fan]

Originally posted by MalawiMayhem
Looks like N. fuscotaeniatus

Yup, definitely...love the coloration on yours. Mine isn't showing any blue yet at 2.5".

Matt

[MalawiMayhem]

and should not, these fish don't get blue until they are maturing well past 5 inches....

Id they are showing blue at a young age, they have been hormoned....which is not good.

[Cichlid_Fan]

I saw that in one of your earlier posts. The same holds true for determining sex I would assume since the male has the blue coloration.

[MalawiMayhem]

yup, and hormoned fish really screw the rules because even the females are coloured up with long fins.

Grrrrrr

[hwzcoolboy]

Fortunately mine seems rather ok to me.....but one species of my cichlids always die...dunno why...

[Cichlid_Fan]

Originally posted by hwzcoolboy
Fortunately mine seems rather ok to me.....but one of my cichlids always die...dunno why


If I remember correctly, you stated in another post that you were not dechlorinating your water. I suggest you invest in a testing kit and check your water parameters. Incorrect parameters can cause high stress and lowered immune systems.

Good luck,
Matt

[hwzcoolboy]

Originally posted by Cichlid_Fan
If I remember correctly, you stated in another post that you were not dechlorinating your water. I suggest you invest in a testing kit and check your water parameters. Incorrect parameters can cause high stress and lowered immune systems.

Good luck,
Matt

I did dechlorinate it always...and put aquarium salt to promote better air intakes for their grills...juz tat they always fight and attack new comers !! then the new comer will be weak...

tats why ...

[lilwright2025]

mines is about 3 inches already and thanks for the help, and he is picking at my littles fish in the tank.

[hwzcoolboy]

Originally posted by lilwright2025
mines is about 3 inches already and thanks for the help, and he is picking at my littles fish in the tank.


This is my little baby