Does look more like deppi to me.
Here's old pictures of a turquoise I use to keep.
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Here's old pictures of a turquoise I use to keep.
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Help ID I think it's H. Deppi
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That fish is in fact a Deppi because it used to be mine. I gave a few to a co worker about 6 months ago and last week he indicated he couldn't keep the fish. I asked him to give them back to me but instead he took them to the fish Den. Is that where you got the fish? Possitively certain its a Deppi.
driftwood;4835962; said:
Yes. I got it from Fish Den. They lied to me at the shop and said it was shipped in from Florida as "?" fish.
I knew something was fishy, because the kid who bagged it up for me said that it was a customer who brought it in and that there was actually 2 of them.
Did you keep any?
Thanks for the ID.
6 bar;4836345; said:
Yes I have 2 more. I didn't really want them back but the guy that I gave them to never upgraded to a larger tank and had way too many fish in a 55 so I basically wanted them back to make sure they had a good home. I'm glad you got the fish because when I heard they ended up at the fish den I was very upset. Did they ID the fish as Deppi? The guy I gave them to told me they tried to tell him they were some kind of African Cichlid. Thats kind of why I very rarely go to LFS's these days.
driftwood;4836815; said:
They just put "?" fish and sold it for $40. They thought it was a red texas.
This also explains why the fish seems to look a bit odd; kind of like he was placed in a small tank and hid a lot. His fins seemed to have developed a little curving like it stayed hidden in tight quarters.
I'm glad I got at least one of them. I wish the best for the other.
Anyhow, this guy I have would hid a lot too until I took away all the hide spots. I put a couple of molly's in there last night as dithers and this morning he killed one. So I promptly removed the other. I thought this guy was gonna be passive and shy, but now at least I know what I'm dealing with and I like him.
Mad About Cichlids;4835591; said:Does look more like deppi to me.
Here's old pictures of a turquoise I use to keep.
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The more I look at the pics, the more it appears to be a deppi moreso than turquoise for similar reasons as I said about his fish. The striations are too long for turquoise imho.
Nice female deppii you have there. If you are going to add livebearers, go for the very large Poecilia sp. Smaller livebearers like X. helleri will be snacked on. In my experience deppii are very quick hunters in the confines of the aquarium.
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