woohoo new 55

[mike the zealot]

Well I've had my 20g for over a year now, and I finally found a good deal on a 55. Spent all day today transporting it and cleaning it up, and taking pics of the fish that came with it.

ANyway it came with 5 cichlids and a pleco. I gave the 2" cichlid to my brother in law cause he was obviously getting his ass kicked on a regular basis. I know one of em is a jack dempsey, but the other 3 are ones I haven't seen before. The guy said he bought em all at Petco haha.

Here's the dempsey, he seems to be the asskicker off the tank.

and then there's these 3 that I have no clue about:

Any help would be appreciated, I'm going to be trading them all in for some africans at my LFS, so I want to know what I have to bargain with

-mike

 

[geoff]

The orange one looks like a red zebra.

 

[mike the zealot]

ah the picture is a little wack. he's really bright yellow.

 

[geoff]

Like this red zebra?

They can range in colors of red, yellow and blue.

 

[mike the zealot]

hmm... maybe? He looks like he's shaped different than mine. But I think I found what the blueish purple one is:

Maylandia pyrsonotos

yeah?

 

[mike the zealot]

actually now that I look again you might be right about the yellow one =P

(edit) - I'm almost sure of it now, they're both maylandias

and the green spotted one might be this?

Melanochromis labrosus

which would mean I have 3 africans and a south american in the same tank =(

 

[mike the zealot]

nope! I think it must be this:

Nimbochromis venustus

the one pictured is described as a "very young male" and all the other pictures they have of the species have blue faces and are 11" lol

 

[silversp0rt]

you have real plants in there?

 

[mike the zealot]

nope =P

 

[AnThRaXiD]

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the 1st fishes in the pics are both pseudotropheus species... though i cant recall their full names :/
the third is a nimbochromis venustus!
good luck on your new tank mate!