I recently bought 2 fish labelled as Aequidens Metae from my LFS.
Having posted some pictures on a different forum, I have discovered that they are not aequidens at all but a cichlasoma species.
I have thoroughly read the excellent thread by Mahlerfan on this forum about identifying this species but I am still unsure as to an exact ID. My male is just over 4 inches long and the female a little smaller. They are very colourful and the male in particular has shimmering blue on his lower body. The pelvic fins on both fish are sky blue with white fin trails. The fish are quite deep bodied and have rounded snouts.
Having read the article, I am thinking either C dimerus or C portalegrense but I could be completely wrong.
A poster on the other forum thinks that they may well be dimerus and would need a 3 month cooling period as they originate from Uruguay like gymnogeophagus. I'd be really grateful if you could take a look at some of these pictures and let me know what you think:
Having posted some pictures on a different forum, I have discovered that they are not aequidens at all but a cichlasoma species.
I have thoroughly read the excellent thread by Mahlerfan on this forum about identifying this species but I am still unsure as to an exact ID. My male is just over 4 inches long and the female a little smaller. They are very colourful and the male in particular has shimmering blue on his lower body. The pelvic fins on both fish are sky blue with white fin trails. The fish are quite deep bodied and have rounded snouts.
Having read the article, I am thinking either C dimerus or C portalegrense but I could be completely wrong.
A poster on the other forum thinks that they may well be dimerus and would need a 3 month cooling period as they originate from Uruguay like gymnogeophagus. I'd be really grateful if you could take a look at some of these pictures and let me know what you think:
