need id on old cichlid

flamingo · 04-30-2006, 05:57 PM

WEll, the past year i've been really getting into cichlids for some reason and my earlier buys was this cichlid:

THis pic is from like a couple of months ago when I first got it from walmart. THe fins are now healed and it has a very nice blue coloration. But I have no clue what it is..it's looks like 50 different types of cichlids.

joe kool · 05-01-2006, 07:49 AM

I'm not sure about your local walmart ... I know mine doesn't get peaco_cks in that often if ever but I'd say it's a peaco_ck. really need a better pic and a few more months of coloration to get a good guess as to which variaty. As it sits I'd say a juvi red shoulder or similar but still a little small to tell yet. How "old" is this cichlid?

ron v · 05-01-2006, 08:48 AM

From Wal-mart, it is likely a hybrid.

FortWayneFish · 05-01-2006, 03:22 PM

Most likely a hybrid Aulonocara or Pea****..
if it doesn't have a scientific name associated with it, might as well call it a hybrid..
As aulonocara will cross breed among the Various species so readily the chances of WalMArt carrying any true species is slim to none....

flamingo · 05-01-2006, 05:09 PM

Hmm... thanks. I'll try getting another pic, it's pretty hard because it never sits still. I've had it about a half a year I think. It was pretty big when I got it, i'm guessing it's close to fully grown by now, keyword on guessing. It gets little growth spurts but lately it's stopped.

Georgia Peach · 05-01-2006, 05:20 PM

its still a nice fish, hybrid or not..

leveldrummer · 05-01-2006, 05:56 PM

you nailed it with your first assumption, its 50 different fish. it is a good looking fish though. no matter what it is. too many people get caught up in what a fish is, as long as your not trying to breed and sell it, and you think that fish is pretty, thats all that matters, people keep fish to keep them happy. so... your doing great.

ORCA. · 05-03-2006, 02:53 AM

Thats a sweet fish, no matter what.

flamingo · 05-03-2006, 04:17 PM

Thanks, I have a new pic but it's on the computer at my actual house lol (at my cousins). I'll try to get it up soon. Theres a new one in my link in my sig though.

I love this fish but ya know, I was just wondering what the heck it even is. Everytime I found a fish I thought it was I noticed something different between the two. FInally I just gave up on it and tried asking you guys hehehhe

04-30-2006, 05:57 PM	#1
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	need id on old cichlid WEll, the past year i've been really getting into cichlids for some reason and my earlier buys was this cichlid: THis pic is from like a couple of months ago when I first got it from walmart. THe fins are now healed and it has a very nice blue coloration. But I have no clue what it is..it's looks like 50 different types of cichlids. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

05-01-2006, 07:49 AM	#2
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	I'm not sure about your local walmart ... I know mine doesn't get peaco_cks in that often if ever but I'd say it's a peaco_ck. really need a better pic and a few more months of coloration to get a good guess as to which variaty. As it sits I'd say a juvi red shoulder or similar but still a little small to tell yet. How "old" is this cichlid? __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead)

05-01-2006, 03:22 PM	#4
FortWayneFish Little Fish Big Tanks Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North East Indiana USA Age: 36 Posts: 92	Most likely a hybrid Aulonocara or Pea****.. if it doesn't have a scientific name associated with it, might as well call it a hybrid.. As aulonocara will cross breed among the Various species so readily the chances of WalMArt carrying any true species is slim to none.... __________________ Rob Renfro NE Indiana USA Hobbyist Helping Hobbyist is what its all about

05-01-2006, 05:09 PM	#5
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	Hmm... thanks. I'll try getting another pic, it's pretty hard because it never sits still. I've had it about a half a year I think. It was pretty big when I got it, i'm guessing it's close to fully grown by now, keyword on guessing. It gets little growth spurts but lately it's stopped. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

05-01-2006, 05:20 PM	#6
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	its still a nice fish, hybrid or not.. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

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05-01-2006, 08:48 AM	#3
ron v Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Age: 61 Posts: 1,123	From Wal-mart, it is likely a hybrid.

05-01-2006, 05:56 PM	#7
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	you nailed it with your first assumption, its 50 different fish. it is a good looking fish though. no matter what it is. too many people get caught up in what a fish is, as long as your not trying to breed and sell it, and you think that fish is pretty, thats all that matters, people keep fish to keep them happy. so... your doing great. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

05-03-2006, 02:53 AM	#8
ORCA. Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Africa Age: 57 Posts: 48	Thats a sweet fish, no matter what.

05-03-2006, 04:17 PM	#9
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	Thanks, I have a new pic but it's on the computer at my actual house lol (at my cousins). I'll try to get it up soon. Theres a new one in my link in my sig though. I love this fish but ya know, I was just wondering what the heck it even is. Everytime I found a fish I thought it was I noticed something different between the two. FInally I just gave up on it and tried asking you guys hehehhe __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

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