Crazy looking cichlid baby

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I haven't bought new fish for this tank in over 9 months maybe more there is no way that fish is that old. It was definitely bread in this tank. Not disagreeing on what kind of fish it is just don't think it is a pure bread. Some rusty cichlid look just like normal but I know I only have one female in the tank only one rusty cichlid in the tank. Sometimes mothers nature dose unexplainable things.

My dogs had puppy and not one puppy looks like the parents or each other. I have included pictures of the dogs both of them have the same parents could you tell lol.

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My 2 brown boxers had puppies a while ago I think it’s been about 2 years now and one of the pups in the litter ended up being all white with a bit brown on one ear which we call his lucky ear. How he’s all white from 2 brown parents we still don’t know but it happened
 
While we’re talking about dogs, my dog Rocket’s mom was rescued from a dumpster. She was pregnant. She was 2/3 Aussie Cattle dog with spots all over her. 7 of her 8 puppies had so many spots on them, while the runt of the litter, Rocket, only has spots on his ears.Here are some pics.

My guess is you bought him accidentally as a little tiny 1/4 inch baby on accident, and now he is starting to color up. Tbh, it looks pure Eba

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Edit: in the last pic, that is my lizard sunny. Rocket doesn’t care for him, not just a random Bearded Dragon in Southern California.
 
Unexplainable things like spawning a fish from a different genus, and an entirely different continent? EBA are American cichlids, not African. Not to mention the electric blues are a man made color variety. There's no possibility that you produced that by chance from a mix of African cichlids. I'm not trying to be rude here, but that is a specifically bred for fish, my guess is that you bought it young in one of your group buys and it's just now starting to color up. That's why it suddenly became noticeable from the rest of the group.
Agree with this. LFSs are often oblivious to the names and origins of cichlids they are sent, and randomly mix them especially when young and many look alike.
It is as Matt said, a line bred/man made electric blue acara.
 
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