Likely wont be able to get another pic till tomorrow.. Or at leas the next couple hours....
This was with a flash..
Aulonocara ID Please
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Likely wont be able to get another pic till tomorrow.. Or at leas the next couple hours....
This was with a flash..
Ok so with the low light I am leaning towards some Aulonocara stuartgranti. That said there are at least 3 different areas, and at lot more possible mixes.
So then here are the closest
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Cobue)
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Chilucha Reef)
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Chinuni)
Now then that said... something is still off, and I wouldn't be surprised he has at least some line breeding in him. The reason is that if he is an Aulonocara, I am stumped on what ones have the coloring almost fully on the anal and pelvic fins, but also has his blue coloring with the white stripe on the dorsal fin.
Now then this is all hinging off of my saying that the dorsal fin is all blue with that white stripe... So if it isn't please tell me.
So then here are the closest
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Cobue)
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Chilucha Reef)
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Chinuni)
Now then that said... something is still off, and I wouldn't be surprised he has at least some line breeding in him. The reason is that if he is an Aulonocara, I am stumped on what ones have the coloring almost fully on the anal and pelvic fins, but also has his blue coloring with the white stripe on the dorsal fin.
Now then this is all hinging off of my saying that the dorsal fin is all blue with that white stripe... So if it isn't please tell me.
Deffently agree with the Aulonocara stuartgranti direction but I think well see more color shift as he gets bigger, maybe a Gome.
But looks to dark to be a clean line, of course pictures make it harder. probley more blue in better light and in person.
How big is he 2.5-3"?
Hmmmm....
IKevi your the one i depend on to know this stuff, stop slackin...LoL
But looks to dark to be a clean line, of course pictures make it harder. probley more blue in better light and in person.
How big is he 2.5-3"?
Hmmmm....
IKevi your the one i depend on to know this stuff, stop slackin...LoL
The pic is actual size. or really close maybe a centimeter off ...
My pic is sorda misleading.. there is a definate white stripe.. but the color varies on the dorsal from blue, yellow or rust... I haven't looked at him all that much.. Africans are not quite an area of expertise for me.. I know allot compared to some... but am dumb compared to allot
I will work on getting a better pic tomorrow when i get home...
I was thinking the stuargranti too.
My pic is sorda misleading.. there is a definate white stripe.. but the color varies on the dorsal from blue, yellow or rust... I haven't looked at him all that much.. Africans are not quite an area of expertise for me.. I know allot compared to some... but am dumb compared to allot
I will work on getting a better pic tomorrow when i get home...I was thinking the stuargranti too.
BlackTopKing;1395118; said:
Yah yah yah, but I just got back from a fish club meeting. (I picked up ~14 fish for 29 bucks... and some were worth ~30 a pair) And that means flipping tanks. Plus I thought I picked up some good food, but I have to switch it since it turns out it isn't big enough. (IE the large size is the same as my old small size, and the small is in essence dust). (Oh and I didn't look at the Gome, just decided against posting it.)
Ok back on subject. So you are saying the fin isn't even close to the same color.
So you have to remember how different fish look from with flash and without flash. And most of the pictures I have to go off are with flash... And of course yours doesn't look like you used flash. The problem is you tell me it has what 3 colors. Ugh ok I will think about it but I don't know off hand what it could be. And to be honest after hearing that it might... might (I hate doing this) end up being a very pretty hybrid... I for one don't take that as an insult so I hope you don't. (I personally like hybrids if they are sold as them.)
Now comes the drilling. And this is just so that I can get a fell for where to start looking.
If you don't mind can you tell me where you got him (Store and how). IE was he sold in a tank of misc peacocks, or Malawis or what? (And was it from a petstore you know takes pains to buy good quality fish, or is it at one that tends to want to sell a lot of fish for cheap.)
Also how sure are you that this is an Aulonocara. I am just saying since when I looked at the anal fins the color immediately made me thing hap, and not peacock. (I mean to tell the truth I thought young Protomelas spilonotus (Mara Rocks) when I first saw it, except I can't see his forehead.)
So here is what I thought at first, remember these are photos of the fish at there best.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1359
Here is closer to what I have seen... I mean this is one of the hit or miss fishes if I have ever seen one.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/p_spilonatus_mararocks.php
and one more link of a photo:
http://page.freett.com/dousetu/spilomara.JPG
Ok I lost track on what I was saying. But well I think I made some comments that might help. Now I am going to dink around with the color scale to see if I can see any better detail of this guy but well so far I am running out of ideas. (The more I think about it though the more I like my initial thought of a Protomelas spilonotus (Mara Rocks).) Since I just don't know of any Aulonocara with the dorsal fins as you described it.
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Nope not Mara Rocks. I think this is what they sell as a Blue Regal peacocks here. I have to say I think it is some mix or line breed type. The look good but well I can't trace them back to what they are a mix of. Sort of like the same thing with the strawberry peacocks. (Which of course it isn't).
I am going off of this photo after touching it up.:
Yah I am stumped. Let me sleep on it.
My Bad I usually don't use flash 
but in my shed.. I used green board and have not put anything behind the tanks yet... So The pics get thrown off whether I do or don't ...
I'll throw light from the neighboring tank on it here in an hour or so when i get home..
I am not positive it is Aulanacara.. He just caem with 4 female peacocks.. Well thats what they look like to me
I got them in a the recent rescue I did , posted in the photo lounge. So there was no real reliable ID.
Sorry man... Could very well be Hybrid. I'll get another pic up shortly.. Hopefully
and thanks.. My knowledge is now way scattered and expanded in this area LOL Not quite retained.... But getting closer LOL...
I usually don't use flash but in my shed.. I used green board and have not put anything behind the tanks yet... So The pics get thrown off whether I do or don't ...I'll throw light from the neighboring tank on it here in an hour or so when i get home..
I am not positive it is Aulanacara.. He just caem with 4 female peacocks.. Well thats what they look like to me
I got them in a the recent rescue I did , posted in the photo lounge. So there was no real reliable ID.
Sorry man... Could very well be Hybrid. I'll get another pic up shortly.. Hopefully
and thanks.. My knowledge is now way scattered and expanded in this area LOL Not quite retained.... But getting closer LOL...
Ok No longer believe Aulanacara... Really no clue :0 But we already knew that 
Pics coming in five minutes
Pics coming in five minutes
Ok.. Bad still.. But the color is pretty much this.
I have to go pick up some filters so i will try to get a different background to get better pics.
I have to go pick up some filters so i will try to get a different background to get better pics.
Ok I like your new pictures a lot lot lot more. The first one right away tells me that it likely is actually a german red line strain. (German reds were originally bred from Aulonocara sp. ''Stuartgranti Maleri") They will color up more as time goes on. (Well the body will turn more red.)
ikevi;1396704; said:
nailed it, wish I got on earlier.. looks just like a lil guy I am getting rid of... since I have a full color nice one... They are nice...in time it will look nice...