[PlatinumSM]

Hello All!

I went to the local exotics store today to pick up some hillstream loaches and plecos, and I was so amused by the antics of a feisty little Apisto that I decided to take him home!

He was the only cichlid in the tank (he was mistaken for a Praecox Rainbow somehow), so I tried my best to pick out a female that looked like him from the mixed dwarf cichlid tank nearby.

Alas, he HATES her and I had to move her to another QT tank to save her from being bullied to death (probably why he was in a cichlid-free tank at the store).

Does anyone know what species one or both of these fish belongs to???

Thanks for your help!

 

[adam79]

The larger pink bellied one isn't an apisto at all. It is a pelvicachromis sp. from west africa. I believe a common krib, female. I'm not real good at distiguishing female apistos, but I think the other is a female A. agassizii.

 

[Adrian101]

The larger pink bellied one isn't an apisto at all. It is a pelvicachromis sp. from west africa. I believe a common krib, female. I'm not real good at distiguishing female apistos, but I think the other is a female A. agassizii.

Totally agree. Definitely a Krib.

 

[mok3t]

+1 its a Krib. 100%

Pelvicachromis Pulcher.

 

[Number6]

Get that apisto out of there now! She's moments away from death... That krib is sending her some strong signals in those pics...

Oops, just reread your post and I see she was saved. Thanks!