Blue Cichlid?

[glencch]

Hi everyone, saw this amazing blue colored fish. Any idea what species is this?

 

[Joshuakahan]

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Hi everyone, saw this amazing blue colored fish. Any idea what species is this?

It’s definitely a rift hap, my guess is Sciaenochromis fryeri

 

[glencch]

It’s definitely a rift hap, my guess is Sciaenochromis fryeri

Thanks. I was thinking of getting a pair with them now being 3" long from the LFS tanks. LFS told me that they are pretty aggressive and can grow up to 9" long.
Not sure if they would go well with my 3" juvenile Vittatus Tigerfishes.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Thanks. I was thinking of getting a pair with them now being 3" long from the LFS tanks. LFS told me that they are pretty aggressive and can grow up to 9" long.
Not sure if they would go well with my 3" juvenile Vittatus Tigerfishes.

I wouldn’t mix that with a tiger fish. Generally, you wanna keeps haps with other haps

 

[glencch]

I wouldn’t mix that with a tiger fish. Generally, you wanna keeps haps with other haps

Thanks. Not even if they are of the same size and both species are still in their juvenile stage?

 

[Joshuakahan]

Thanks. Not even if they are of the same size and both species are still in their juvenile stage?

I wouldn’t, haps can be very aggressive even when small. That’s why overstocking is usually necessary when keeping them. And if the tiger fish fights back,‘you’ll have a torn up hap. But at that size the hap will most likely harass the tiger into a corner and stress it out.
As a general rule, the only tank mates for haps are other haps
I’m not saying it 100% won’t work, but most likely not

 

[Joshuakahan]

Thanks. Not even if they are of the same size and both species are still in their juvenile stage?

Here’s a video of my hap tank as an example

 

[glencch]

Here’s a video of my hap tank as an example

Thanks.