Festae?

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I went to a lfs today, and was browsing, I've been looking for a pair of them, small preferably, and came across these guys. However, having never personally owned these I'm not sure if they are truly Festae or not. Can anyone ID?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270087.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270085.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270083.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270078.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270076.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270075.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270074.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270073.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270072.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/TOmaynardOL/P1270070.jpg

I left the pictures full size, there are only a few within the 10 pictures that are fairly good, let me know (picture 4 from the top is the best one I think). I've heard that they look similar to Uro's when they are small. Can anyone confirm if they are truly Festae? Thanks in advance :D
 
Those are Mayan not Festae!Best to order some from Rapps.I looked for mths before I finally ordered some
 
Here's some pics of small festae maybe it will help

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pretty sure the ones with the round white tail spot are uros
i'm not so sure about the ones that don't have them.
if you look there are like half with tail spots and half that don't...
the ones without tail spots look like it could be any kind of CA juvenile cichlid... could be festaes... could also be red devils... heh
 
Anyone else? I just don't want to get stuck with something I don't want. . . Although I'm pretty sure you are right fishluvr12.
 
fishluvr12;1264777; said:
Those are Mayan not Festae!Best to order some from Rapps.I looked for mths before I finally ordered some

Makes two of us man, I got sick and tired of looking for festaes. finally I gave up and ordered them from Rapps. The last time I went to the LFS (50 miles away)that's worth my time had a pair of Mayan cichlids they swore that they were festaes.
 
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