deep water hap?

[spadoc79]

does anyone have any juvenile deep water haps(Placidochromis electra)? i bought what i thought was deep waters from petsmart but they look alot like juvy blue dolphins...any one have experience or can tell the difference? ill post up a pic in a few

 

[spadoc79]

little guys are fast.

 

[ecoli73]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1204

from cichlid forum. You will need to wait until the fish is not too stressed out...

 

[Dylz]

juvie cyrtocara moori are more blue. darker blue patches can be seen along the side especially when stressed.

 

[spadoc79]

1 of them gets little black blotches on its sides from time to time and they both get a black stripe thru its eyes....i dunno....ill try to get more pics when they are darkened up

 

[spadoc79]

ecoli73...i think they are mooriis...they dont look like the juvi deep waters in that link u gave.

 

[spadoc79]

sucks cause i got 3 in my 240g already..didnt really care to get more...i guess i can breed them when they are all big enough

 

[Dylz]

3rd pic down you can see black slash through the eye and continue down towards the mouth. smells like deep water to me.

 

[spadoc79]

lol....i guess ill know when they get bigger.

 

[wrslrcichlid]

I would agree that they are likely deep water haps (especially with pic 3), but that is odd that the "eye line" (for lack of better description) isn't as prevalent. In my juvenile deep water haps they are really dark.