Expert assistance requested - can anyone identify this CA/SA cichlid?

[YUL2PDX]

Thanks All, for your responses and warm welcome - most helpful & much appreciated!
Is it common for a large cichlid such as mine to not eat anything for an entire month?
He remains very active and engaged - not sluggish at all.
How much longer will/can he keep this "hunger strike" up?

 

[Jexnell]

I agree looks like an Amphilophus of some kind. I am thinking Midas.
Here is a Hoga I had for a bit and forehead/face look different to me.

 

[Deadeye]

Thanks All, for your responses and warm welcome - most helpful & much appreciated!
Is it common for a large cichlid such as mine to not eat anything for an entire month?
He remains very active and engaged - not sluggish at all.
How much longer will/can he keep this "hunger strike" up?

Large fish like that can go for weeks, maybe months. Just keep trying and he will eat eventually!

 

[Cich Mind]

He sure looks like he's been eating something lol. That thing is built like a brick $xxxhouse!

 

[YUL2PDX]

He sure looks like he's been eating something lol. That thing is built like a brick $xxxhouse!

Right?!
Of note, that photo was taken when I purchased him a month ago. He does appear a tad leaner now but he is still so robust. I cannot figure this dude out ...

 

[Gourami Swami]

Try some different foods. Do you know what they were feeding him before you got him? Big fish can go awhile, but a month is pretty long. Also can try some crushed fresh garlic in the water, seems to stimulate appetite.

 

[Cich Mind]

Hey Y YUL2PDX ,
Welcome to MFK.
I'm suspicious he may have been fed live food before you got him. Sounds like you've tried everything there is to feed him. What was the previous owner feeding him? I would start there. I think he will definitely eat eventually. Just give him more time. Looking at the original pic he looks like a very thick beefcake (Chancho?) so he must have been eating good at some point. Don't give up on him. GL

 

[YUL2PDX]

Hey Y YUL2PDX ,
Welcome to MFK.
I'm suspicious he may have been fed live food before you got him. Sounds like you've tried everything there is to feed him. What was the previous owner feeding him? I would start there. I think he will definitely eat eventually. Just give him more time. Looking at the original pic he looks like a very thick beefcake (Chancho?) so he must have been eating good at some point. Don't give up on him. GL

That's the problem, there is ZERO INTEL re what he was previously fed. The LFS neglected to ask the previous owner and they have no way of contacting him. Ugh, so frustrating. Day #33 now and he is still not eating!

 

[Kauauzuzussu]

Hi guys I have a 64 gallon fish tank and was wondering if I could put and 4-5 inch albino oscar in there on his own I have never kept Oscars but I have kept other chiclids it’s a normal internal juwel filter and a water change every 2 weeks could i or should I get something else ?

 

[fishguy1978]

Hi guys I have a 64 gallon fish tank and was wondering if I could put and 4-5 inch albino oscar in there on his own I have never kept Oscars but I have kept other chiclids it’s a normal internal juwel filter and a water change every 2 weeks could i or should I get something else ?

You should get something else that tank is too small for an Oscar.