help please...

[jaysusVs666]

can someone know what kind of cichlid is this? thanks in advance

 

[Gourami Swami]

It is a Vieja or Paratheraps species, hard to tell at this size since a lot of them look very similar when young. Could always be a hybrid of several vieja types as well.
Possibly a synsiplum/melanurum, bifasciatus, fenestratus. If I had to guess.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Looks like a young black belt to me, veija maculicaudia.

 

[justarn]

Yeah either blackbelt or zonatus to me.

 

[duanes]

Here's young melanerum to compare

and a young bifasciatum

 

[jaysusVs666]

thanks guys for the reply he's alone in a 75 i don't know what size he is when fully grown but i will keep him. thanks again

 

[duanes]

Maculicauda can reach around 12 ", as can many of the Vieja it resembles.
A 75 gal is a tad small for many, I wouldn't use anything small than a 6ft 100+ gal myself for an adult.

 

[jaysusVs666]

hi here he is now after a month. thanks

 

[dan518]

Nice Vieja maculicauda, can max out around 14 to 16 inch, generally one of the most aggressive vieja spp.

 

[jaysusVs666]

Thanks you're right sir he's very aggressive that is why i keep him alone in a 75 for now i will move him in a 125 by nxt month.