Name That Cichlid

[snake007]

Whats the blue african fish and the yellow one?

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wveSeScZRs

Thanks

ps they are getting there own 100 gallon once cycled.

 

[TheAmazingLoaf]

The yellow one looks like a Red Zebra. Didn't get a good look at the blue one, but it might also be a Red Zebra, as they all start out yellow but the males turn blue when they mature.

Hope this helps.

 

[pyrofishtoo]

Tough to really tell. My first thought was a convict (the video is titled 'sex the convicts'). It really has the South American pointed mouth, then I thought a chromide but it was too gibbous. I'd break out the Beansch Atlas's, grab a glass of merlot, pull up a comfy chair in front of the tank and do some gentle picture looking!

 

[Dieses Madchen]

The yellow one looks like a Red Zebra. Didn't get a good look at the blue one, but it might also be a Red Zebra, as they all start out yellow but the males turn blue when they mature.

Hope this helps.

The Yellow one is NOT a Red Zebra. The orange one in the following picture is a female red zebra.

 

[TheAmazingLoaf]

The yellow one looks like a Red Zebra. Didn't get a good look at the blue one, but it might also be a Red Zebra, as they all start out yellow but the males turn blue when they mature.

Hope this helps.

Red Zebras do not change color. Their colors may fade when dominance is switch but the males do not turn blue when they mature. They stay red, hence the name Red Zebra.

Oh... That's embarrassing! So what were the yellow fish I had which turned blue? The guy at the shop told me they were Red Zebras, he'll be getting a piece of my mind when I next see him!

Sorry to have given an incorrect answer to the question

 

[pyrofishtoo]

The top fish could be Labidochromis caeruleus. The black markings sort of give it away.

 

[Dieses Madchen]

The yellow one looks like a Red Zebra. Didn't get a good look at the blue one, but it might also be a Red Zebra, as they all start out yellow but the males turn blue when they mature.

Hope this helps.

Red Zebras do not change color. Their colors may fade when dominance is switch but the males do not turn blue when they mature. They stay red, hence the name Red Zebra.

Oh... That's embarrassing! So what were the yellow fish I had which turned blue? The guy at the shop told me they were Red Zebras, he'll be getting a piece of my mind when I next see him!

Sorry to have given an incorrect answer to the question

Actually I was wrong. I tried to edit that before anyone saw it. I just researched it and now I know something new! I have a female red zebra! Sorry for the call-out. But i am the one that is wrong.
http/animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cichlid/RedZebra.php

 

[dh058977]

Dieses, yours could well be a male. Orange male zebras are rarely found in the wild but common in the hobby.

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Dieses, yours could well be a male. Orange male zebras are rarely found in the wild but common in the hobby.

really? How can I tell then??

 

[dh058977]

Egg spots are a pretty bad way of telling as even females can have them! Have a read of this article ref venting http/www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm
Seems to be the only sure fire way of telling but its not something I'd want to put a fish through. Whatever its a lovely looking fish so I'd say just enjoy the fish for what it is!

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Egg spots are a pretty bad way of telling as even females can have them! Have a read of this article ref venting http/www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm
Seems to be the only sure fire way of telling but its not something I'd want to put a fish through. Whatever its a lovely looking fish so I'd say just enjoy the fish for what it is!

I am NOT doing that to my fish!!

 

[dh058977]

Egg spots are a pretty bad way of telling as even females can have them! Have a read of this article ref venting http/www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm
Seems to be the only sure fire way of telling but its not something I'd want to put a fish through. Whatever its a lovely looking fish so I'd say just enjoy the fish for what it is!

I am NOT doing that to my fish!!

+1 on that, never done it and never will. Just enjoy the fish and imagine it to be what sex you want it to be! lol

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Yeah, he/she is pretty. I might be taking him back to the LFS as he is a lot more aggressive than my others. I am going to up my numbers first, as I only have 4 and I want to give him a chance. If he kills another when I up my numbers, then I am going to have to take him back. He has already killed one.

 

[dh058977]

I think if you up your numbers then you should be fine. It will give him/her less to concentrate on. Strangley ive never really thought of Zebras as overly aggressive although my group were amog the first fish in my tank, they have their spots that they protect though!