Help ID these babies!

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scarecrow1f9

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Oct 16, 2011
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Picked up a few small cichlid to run as a test bed in the cichlid tank. I know that sounds messed up, to experiment on children, but the water is through cycling and I want to make sure all is well before sink all the money in stocking it.

Here are the guys. These guys were all stocked together at petsmart in the "peaceful juvenile malawi cichlid" tank. :

Two of these. Roughly 1.5 inches, see-through orange with faint red spots. These guys won't seem to like the Hikari Gold pellets I smash up for them. They both eat the spirulina brine shrimp.
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1 of these. The other didn't make it home, the tard at the store had a hell of a time catching him, and I think he hurt him. This guy is roughly 1 inch, hyper as hell.
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Thanks for the help!
 
2nd one is a Kenyi...and they can have a BAD temperament. They are not at all peaceful... :)

1st one is an aulonocara...possibly an Aulonocara nyassae "Sunshine Yellow" or a Aulonocara stuartgranti "Maleri"
 
wow - I specifically asked him if it was a Kenyi. I know nothing about cichlids, but the tank directly next door to this tank had kenyi's and they looked just like him - and it was marked red. They assured me it wasn't. Thanks for the reply, I'll have to see if I can return the poor guy, I don't plan on carrying anything really aggressive.
 
scarecrow1f9 said:
wow - I specifically asked him if it was a Kenyi. I know nothing about cichlids, but the tank directly next door to this tank had kenyi's and they looked just like him - and it was marked red. They assured me it wasn't. Thanks for the reply, I'll have to see if I can return the poor guy, I don't plan on carrying anything really aggressive.
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Wow...bunch of idiots working there it seems, isn't there any other pet/fish store(s) near you?
 
Shreveport sucks bud.

There is a small mom and pop place across town that closes at like at like 5 everyday, but they know their fish. I'll go there next time I guess. Thanks again!
 
scarecrow1f9 said:
Shreveport sucks bud.

There is a small mom and pop place across town that closes at like at like 5 everyday, but they know their fish. I'll go there next time I guess. Thanks again!
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Ya, I would go there then...np
 
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