Could anyone identify this Cichlid please?

[ssarah30]

I have 2 males and 2 females ( the females are dark green ) This is the male



http/i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/ssarah30/DSC00026.jpg

 

[guppygirl]

Hmmm...
I'm not sure, but I think it's a malawi.
You could spend an hour or two on this site, just browsing.
HTH!
http/www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=2
You could also go back to the profiles page and try malawi-haplichromis or malawi-peacocks.

 

[petey Z]

id also agree, that looks very much like a malawi

 

[Ferris]

Definately a Malawi, almost certainly an Aulonacara of some sort....not too sure which though from the pic.

 

[BigFishSmallPond]

does he change color at all? my pseudotropheus does. He can go anywhere from the color of the pic u posted (solid dark color) to bright blue stripes like the one in Ferris' avvy. Very interesting fish if it is but mine tends to be the bully of the tank. Nothing larger numbers didnt spread tho. =]

 

[ssarah30]

Yes, I noticed today that he's getting stripes!! And hes a bit of a bully too

 

[Ferris]

He can go anywhere from the color of the pic u posted (solid dark color) to bright blue stripes like the one in Ferris' avvy. Very interesting fish if it is but mine tends to be the bully of the tank. Nothing larger numbers didnt spread tho. =]

Sounds like a Pseudotropheus Elongatus, I have 1 too. Can go from almost black to similar to the Demasoni in my pic. Great fish!

 

[BigFishSmallPond]

Hehe u got it thats the one. great colors. Interesting personalities. I cant say the whole species is aggressive but mine sure is. how does yours behave ferris? =]

 

[Ferris]

how does yours behave ferris? =]

I've just come back from 1 week away and the little guys gone . He was only 1 inch long, just a juvenile but he'd been in the tank about 2 months. I've got a feeling my big Orange Blotch zebra had something to do with it, he looks guilty.

I've kept them before though and they are agressive fish, even by Mbuna standards, lots of character though and the colour changes are more pronounced that most Mbuna.

 

[BigFishSmallPond]

My condolences =[ RIP.

 

[Ferris]

Thanks BigFishSmallPond!