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mcoddington@att.ne

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can someone please identify this cichlid???
« on: January 22, 2005, 12:38:44 PM »
I have had this guy for over 4 yrs, he killed the female I bought him with, and he had to be separated from the convict in the tank.  He's like 4-5 inches long.
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2005, 12:52:05 PM »
Looks like a Jack dempsey to me...Brian
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2005, 03:24:39 PM »
Looks like a Green Terror. Look it up and you see what I mean.
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2005, 03:50:44 PM »
You may be right, GT and Dempseys have similar colorings and it's hard to tell with the pic.  Both get to be about the same size except in my opinion GT's are a bit more aggressive not to say that a dempsey is a wimp by any means.
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2005, 03:51:48 PM »
Not sure what it is,but I know it is not a green terror.This was mine right before I gave it away.


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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2005, 03:55:16 PM »
and this is a dempsey...I see little to no resemblance...
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2005, 04:09:25 PM »
The fish in question does look odd. The face shape and marking on the face resemble a Green Terror, but the body shape and body coloring looks like Dempsey.

Has anybody ever heard of JDs and GTs cross breeding? That's what this looks like to me. :-\
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2005, 04:13:34 PM »
I don't know but I have seen allot of JD's that look like GT's depending on light.  Blueice- the reason that the two comparisons that you used are good examples of each breed. 
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2005, 04:18:16 PM »
Looks like one of the LFS variety "blue acaras" to me
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2005, 04:33:28 PM »
To me,  It's definitely a crossbreed, but between, which 2 fish, I'm not certain. I'm only taking a guess here, but I want you guys to look at this.   

The top picture, kind of has a little bit of Salvani in him and the bottom looks a littole JD or GT.  So I'm Thinking, Salvani/JD or GT. What do you guys think?  When the1st picture hit me.  It just said Salvani right away. I know, I'm probably wrong, but who knows, LOL
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2005, 05:30:25 PM »
Definitely a hybrid . Certainly looks like it's got some GT to it, but what else might be in the mix... no clue.  :-X
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2005, 06:03:34 PM »
looks like lyonsi/trimac to me!  i don't see the jack dempsey.  possiblely gt though.
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2005, 08:30:17 PM »
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looks like lyonsi/trimac to me!
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DEFINATELY NOT a trimac or lyonsi

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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2005, 08:52:58 PM »
Like some stated above, its DEFINATELY a hybrid. Looks like its got some GT in there and it and looks to be mixed with dempsey, but hard to tell.
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Re: can someone please identify this cichlid???
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2005, 01:56:48 AM »
It says the fish is 4 yrs old and only 4-5 inches...No way it could be a mix of GT and dempsey or it would be much much larger.
I also thought I saw acara and/or salvini in there somewhere.
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