Id Chilid Or Ram

[CTlovesKS]

Im trying to ID a Ram or Chilid is there any site that would help me ?

Here is a pic

Sorry not that clear, he is a little lonely because he the only one and thats why I need to ID him to get him a mate

 

[tenohfive]

This ones usually a good start. Try posting a pic.

 

[mixmaster jay]

this is full of cichlids and plenty of other things too ive not actually had a look at this myself so im not entirly sure whats on there

[URL="http/www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquarium/fish_list.html"]http/www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquarium/fish_list.html[/URL]

 

[mixmaster jay]

http/www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/other...us_ramirezi.htm bolivian ram

 

[CTlovesKS]

i was actually getting round to posting pic it was just that i couldnt find phone and wasnting asking for a pic ID was asking for a site that might help

 

[mixmaster jay]

i knew what you meant lol

 

[mixmaster jay]

there is tons of cichlids on here too

http/aqualandpetsplus.com/Catfish,%20Banjo.htm

 

[CTlovesKS]

Well i have added a pic so this might help people as well now

 

[england]

keyhole cichlid
They often have keyholes in atlantis at charminster

 

[Wills]

Yeah definitely a keyhole - very peaceful fish mine used to nip a bit on specific fish but that was the male. Generally the males dorsal and anal fin (top and bottom) have points that extend past his tail where as the females dont get as long, if you want to work out gender

 

[CTlovesKS]

Well he is male but he isnt the sliver colour ? Im a little confused. Will get better pic in morning if needed.

 

[gzylo]

keyhole

 

[CTlovesKS]

so even if its not the sliver colour he is still a keyhole ?

 

[Wills]

They can change colour very quickly - sometimes when they go dark or patchy its an indicator of stress also yours seems a little olive in colour which is also a normal variation but as he grows up he will get lighter until he is almost white but they will always keep the black band across they eye and the signature keyhole on their side. They can take a long time to get to full size on the net the average size is 4 inches for a male but the people at my local maiden head (good LFS in the UK) always tell me they have a 6 inch male at home but also he is about 8. They also take a long time to get to sexual maturity roughly about 18 months which is unusual for cichlids as some can start from 5-8 months. If you do a search on google images you can see the variance in tones.

 

[england]

mate keyholes are not silver,prob just pics you look at are taken on a flash....