Bought as Firemouth, possible Mac?

[cichlidfish]

Looks like a stressed firemouth. It also could be a light colored substrait w/ light colors.

 

[BlueKiller82]

Yea he or she has only been in the tank a few days with larger fish, so may not be showing its colors yet.

Thanks guys.

 

[Donny417]

You guys are all nuts! Judging from the 2nd picture, it's definitely a Tiger barb.

 

[jeffries]

Alright then, thanks guys. Hopefully it colors up once it grows a little. Needs some Fire in its mouth, haha.

Just make sure you feed it a nice and varied, omnivorous diet with both high quality pellets and flakes and it should color up just fine.

 

[Jason_S]

either meeki, affinis or a hybrid of the 2. I wouldn't be surprised if fish farms hybridize meeki and affinis just like they do A. labiatus and A. citrinellus. either way it's a "firemouth".