cichlid noob, ID please

[Bigairmxman]

I got these fish with a pre-owned tank and i dont know what kinds they are... please help me out with a name for them, so i can find out more about them... thanks alot

 

[deangelo]

I would guess the one on top is a venustus

 

[Bigairmxman]

Someone has to know what they are.........

 

[Honda12]

The first one is a Nimbochromis venustus.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1160


I have no idea what the second two are, my guess would be that they are hybrids of some sort. They don't look like any african I have seen before.

 

[Bigairmxman]

i believe the Nimbochromis venustus is a parent fish along with an a blue cichlid i already got rid of, so i believe they are hybrids... not sure what it was.... thanks

 

[straitjacketstar]

First one is Nimbochromis venustus.
The other two are a little more difficult to say.
The blue one looks like a Copadichromine. You'll have to sort through some profiles and see if any match up. Hybrids are always a possibility, especially with the popularly mixed "electric blue" types.
The solid silver fish looks very much like a female or subdominant male version of the blue fish. Does it ever show a pattern?

 

[Bigairmxman]

not really it always seems to look like it does in the picture.. thanks