fishnovice
Fish Herder
A few months ago I agreed to adopt a "male convict" which was going to be flushed as he attacked community fish. On arrrival he turned out to be some kind of Malawi type, definitely African not SA cichlid. Basically he looks like M gresheiki but dorsal and tail fins are pale yellow not orange and stripes more pronounced like cons.Looks bluish sometimes. Has two long dark pectoral fins and 3 egg spots on tail.He was a feisty little fellow, staring down cons twice his size and taking on 3 young jewels at once as a 3cm youngster, Now whe's growing bigger, (roughly jewel size but thinner, more slimline)he's chasing tankmates but nothing vicious just the usual fun=to-watch cichlid antics. However I need to ID him and find out how big he will eventually be as I don't want him to kill off my jewels and female cons. He's OK so far as it's a 4ft tank with lots of hiding places. I would like to keep him if possible as he's a real character and I've grown fond of him but if he's likely to grow much bigger and turn into a killer he will have to be rehomed ASAP.
