A New Rescue Fish

[Ulu]

I adopted a new cichlid today.

My friend Mark had a trade-in fish that was super aggressive. It looks like a 4" mbuna or mbuna hybrid to me. Possibly part electric Johanni because of the blue-black stripe arrangement. I just put him in the outdoor sump where he has his pick of small guppies and mollies.

I'd been transporting him around town and he wasn't taking well to it. He lunged at the bag repeatedly and bit me when I tore the plastic open. Anyhow I almost dropped him and didn't get any pics yet. I will post them when possible but he is hiding from life right now.

 

[tlindsey]

He lunged at the bag repeatedly and bit me.

Ungrateful little bugger ?

 

[Ulu]

Felix the Oscar bites me about once a week.
If I stick my arm in a tank I expect to get bit.

 

[Ulu]

I named the new mystery Cichlid, Clyde, Because I’m afraid he’s a born murderer just looking for a Molly to victimize.

Right now he’s living in the 30g patio sump With Redeye the albino bristle nose Pleco and a host of fancy guppies and plain mollies.



That’s an outdoor tank and there’s no lamp on it so it’s very difficult to get a picture of him, and he didn’t want to come out of hiding because of all the rough treatment yesterday.

When I get the tank cleaned and put a lamp on it we will get a better picture of Clyde and then I will post an official photo shoot of him for identity purposes. But as vicious as he is I’m suspecting he’s a hybrid.

He’s very dark with an electric blue stripe down the side plus some minor stripes. In shape he looks very similar to the classic golden mBuna.

 

[Deadeye]

Definitely seeing auratus or one of its close relatives. Some of the worst mbuna out there.
Very pretty fish though!

 

[tlindsey]

Definitely seeing auratus or one of its close relatives. Some of the worst mbuna out there.
Very pretty fish though!

So true

 

[Ulu]

Oh he is a confirmed murderer. That’s how he became an orphan. Owner tossed him out.

 

[Ulu]

I posted an official thread with better pictures in the African rift lake Cichlid’s room.