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| Posted | Mystery Cichlid. Any Ideas On Type ? |
| 13-01-2008 13:43 by bastian |
Hi there
I own a very cantankerous large Cichlid which I am lead to believe good be part Festae originating from south America !! He is about 10" in length and I aquired him when he was already fully grown with no background history except that no other fish can be put in with him ! He is so aggressive that he lunges at his glass tank if I touch it and sometimes partly lunges out of the water when I feed him his pellets !! I have named him 'Uncle Fester'!! His body unlike a true festae being red background is actually a dark olive colour and has black stripes running down. Does anyone know for sure what type of cichlid he is or if I was right to say that he is a Festae cross ? I will attach pictures to this so you can get a better idea ! Thanks. |
| 13-01-2008 13:52 by bastian |
Here is a picture of Uncle Fester. He has quite bulgy eyes too !!
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| 13-01-2008 13:53 by bastian |
Another pici
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| 14-01-2008 10:01 by telboy |
strange looking fish! odd shape, dorsal fins look odd too, have they been damaged? looks like its got butti in there |
| 14-01-2008 10:03 by PaddyD |
It is a Mexican Tail spot cichlid.
Cichlasoma (Nandopsis) urophthalmus |
| 14-01-2008 14:25 by bastian |
Hi Paddy D
Thanks for your help on this. The fins certainly look smooth but cannot imagine their appearance to be normal for this fish ! I can only assume that some type of damage did occur earlier in Uncle Fester's life before I became his owner. |
| 15-01-2008 16:27 by jonie |
either festae or festae/butterkoferi cross mste, not a uropthalmus the spot is wrong |
| 15-01-2008 18:45 by stuart |
This is a Urophthalmus like Paddy said. The splits in the fins are common with this type of fish and will never heal up. I have got 4 large males and all have got splits in there fins. |
| 16-01-2008 20:38 by bolty |
jonie.... you say its not a URO but say its a Red Terror... lol.
this is a Red Terror [Amphilophus festae] MALE  |
| 16-01-2008 20:39 by bolty |
Female
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| 16-01-2008 20:42 by bolty |
in thinking Cichlasoma uropthalmus AKA Mayan Cichlid, URO of 'False' Red Terror
If there was URO in my LFS I would get it with out looking back. |
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