Help Idintify my Cichlids
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The 3rd pic is of an Auratus, 4th pics looks to be 2 of the Red Zebras and the last pic is a Yellow Lab.
Im sure others will chime and in get the rest for ya and correct me if I am wrong at all. Still working on IDing fish by photos so take what I am saying with a grain of salt.
Im sure others will chime and in get the rest for ya and correct me if I am wrong at all. Still working on IDing fish by photos so take what I am saying with a grain of salt.
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Yellow with black fins = yellow labs. They're in a few of your shots. Nearly impossible to sex by looking at them.
Orange/peach = red zebras. Again, in a couple of the shots. Peach SOMETIMES indicates males, but yours look too small to have undergone a color shift, so it could just be a different strain.
Yellow/white with black stripe = auratus. Juvenile, so too early to tell if it's male. If it is, it'll turn colors.
Need a better pic of the ones with the red/orange dorsal fins to tell what they are.
First appears to be some type of cynotilapia... I think?
What size tank is this? That auratus is going to get really brutally mean shortly. The red zebras will crossbreed with the yellow labs. Just a heads up.
Orange/peach = red zebras. Again, in a couple of the shots. Peach SOMETIMES indicates males, but yours look too small to have undergone a color shift, so it could just be a different strain.
Yellow/white with black stripe = auratus. Juvenile, so too early to tell if it's male. If it is, it'll turn colors.
Need a better pic of the ones with the red/orange dorsal fins to tell what they are.
First appears to be some type of cynotilapia... I think?
What size tank is this? That auratus is going to get really brutally mean shortly. The red zebras will crossbreed with the yellow labs. Just a heads up.
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Well, hybrids being sold/traded/given away are frowned upon, but if you plan on keeping everything born in your tank, it's not an issue.
An auratus will kill everything in a 20g. If you want to get a breeding colony of them, I suggest a 5' tank or larger. 1m:8f.
An auratus will kill everything in a 20g. If you want to get a breeding colony of them, I suggest a 5' tank or larger. 1m:8f.
Here are some better pics of the ones with red orange dorsal fins...also the peach Zebra seems to have black spots on it. Is this normal? I am really curious to know what these are and how I can make my tank better so any advice is appreciated!
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