cichlid ID

[kookiejar2]

He was not a bad fish he was just placed into a buffet tank and did what nature told him to do. Research is your friend.

LOL!!

 

[Tongue33]

Hmmm

 

[navygirl76]

definately livingstonii- the patterns on liv's are more erratic and blotchier than a Nim. Venustus-also i think the brown blotches are darker. like everyone else said, a male venustus has a blue face, and the body is purple and yellow (if you are feeding him the right thing lol). and females just look yellow and tan..

 

[my4age]

The fish look more like a nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus or nimbochromis Polystigma to me. The last one the more propable

well, it could be, have a look at the juv pic and male transforming
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1159

and the young male
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1156

my guess is Nimbochromis polystigma for the 1st pic and livingstonii for the 2nd

 

[rucus]

livingstonii?

 

[mike dunagan]

poly for the first as well, I got rid of mine they were eating the fry which I was okay with, but stressed out the moms and dads who were trying to protect those fry...

 

[huebyone]

sorry guys im pretty sure it is hep. polystigma. i have one. the livingstoni are more ***ish blueish and have a bright orange strip on the top fin, the polystigma are more brownish and red.

 

[huebyone]

when i learn how, ill send a side by side pic of polystigma and livingstoni. maybe ill buy a venustus too and can compare all three

 

[pattycakescichlids]

Looks like Livingstoni markings on the bottom fish. I had 4 of them and my red top zebra zapped them.
It is amazing to watch them play dead to wait for food. Their gills won't even move.
tezr is right that is their nature to be hunters.

 

[mike dunagan]

Most nimbos are!