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Offline Heater

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need help with identification
« on: November 16, 2011, 06:58:09 PM »
Can anyone help me to identify a couple of my African cichlids?
« Last Edit: November 16, 2011, 09:11:52 PM by Heater »
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My tank seems to be one of the few I've heard of to successfully mix African and South Americans. Three varieties of South Americans, and twelve varieties of African. I also have eight Tiger barbs, two Rosy barbs, three different types of catfish, two Yoyo loaches, a Chinese hifen shark, and a Chinese plotco. Loving every minute of it

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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2011, 08:27:44 PM »
IDs are not my forte and know others will chime in with help.  Just wanted to pop in and say welcome to the site   O0
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2011, 08:29:59 PM »
Welcome.
Sorry I can`t help eather.
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2011, 08:59:39 PM »
Welcome to the site.  O0

Sorry I never kept Africans but am sure Brad, Alt or Tracey may be able to help you when they come on
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2011, 09:16:24 PM »
Not a problem. Nice tank. Here's mine. What kind of fish do you have?
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My tank seems to be one of the few I've heard of to successfully mix African and South Americans. Three varieties of South Americans, and twelve varieties of African. I also have eight Tiger barbs, two Rosy barbs, three different types of catfish, two Yoyo loaches, a Chinese hifen shark, and a Chinese plotco. Loving every minute of it

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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 09:29:15 PM »
Welcome to WC Heater, tank looks great  O0.

I'll be honest and say I'm only taking a stab at them and could be way wrong but first one possibly a Greshakei without a lot of colour, and second being some type of Melanochromis  (like auratus / maingano / interruptus).
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2011, 09:32:52 PM »
when I saw the second one I was gonna say auratus
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2011, 10:11:12 PM »
When I bought the second one, he was sold as a johanni.  The first one I bought just because I liked the way he looked. One website I went to said he was just his plain blue color because he is in with more aggressive fish, and that he will change to a brighter blue and black during breeding, but I forgot what the name of the species was.
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My tank seems to be one of the few I've heard of to successfully mix African and South Americans. Three varieties of South Americans, and twelve varieties of African. I also have eight Tiger barbs, two Rosy barbs, three different types of catfish, two Yoyo loaches, a Chinese hifen shark, and a Chinese plotco. Loving every minute of it

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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2011, 05:59:08 AM »
Quote from: Heater on November 16, 2011, 09:16:24 PM
What kind of fish do you have?

I keep Discus and thank you for the nice comment
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2011, 07:06:19 AM »
i could be well out here but 2nd fish looks like a Kribensis to me
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2011, 11:53:29 AM »
That's the problem with Africans. So many of them look so similar
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2011, 05:05:28 AM »
The first one looks like a blue acara to me but totally clueless with the second one. I have been searching through the cichlids reference book but can't seem to find a perfect match.
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2011, 03:52:20 PM »
Deffo not an acara, and seconds not a Krib either. pretty sure of that.
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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2011, 10:53:33 PM »
Hm, just a guess here but could the second one be a "Johanni " ??

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Re: need help with identification
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2011, 02:01:19 AM »
Hi, when I had a quick look, first jumped out as Metriaclima callainos and the second as a Johanni.  With the first it is possible that it could be a number of differnt Zebra connotations but it'll be interesting to see how they grow.
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