Festae or Hybrids???

[Cyberman]

Found these guys in a local aquarium outlet being sold as festae... Don't look like festae to me so I'm just wondering whether any if you are wiser and able to label these.


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[Cyberman]

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[180maestro]

I was in this shop just last week and seen them, I thought hybrids when I seen them. They don't look like my juvenile festae! But I'm no expert!

 

[Cyberman]

Or could they be baby Atromaculatums?


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[cichlidsmart]

It looks like it could be a rusted belly cichlid. I searched the net and they do look similar.

EDIT : now that I look closely the markings look different

 

[180maestro]

I seen this a while back and it helped me differentiate between true and false..... http://www.oscarfish.com/fish/81-all-about-fish/610-red-terror-midas-cichlid.html

 

[cichlidsmart]

Which is the most preferred one - Mayan or red terrors ?


have never seen any in my country

 

[180maestro]

Red terror, a female red terror is the best looking cichlid in my opinion!

 

[Sabidojr]

They often sell Mayan Cichlids as red terrors near me. The dorsal fin eye spot on Mayans is centered where Festae have it up high, never in the middle.

I hate when fry/juvies are mislabeled at the LFS. Makes it that much harder.

 

[triz316]

these are juvi festae