Help ID this guy

[no911forme]

help ID my new tank mate....


http://members.cox.net/no911forme/new fish 003.jpg

 

[BIG_ONE]

Very nice looking FH. But at that size, I am still unsure of what it is.

 

[no911forme]

yep, after futher checking it's a Red ZZ.

He's going back to LFS...

 

[BIG_ONE]

yep, after futher checking it's a Red ZZ.

He's going back to LFS...

Why is he going back to the LFS?

 

[Shoujin]

Why is he going back to the LFS?

May be he thinks that the ZZ are just a common strain as they are and he expects more.

 

[BIG_ONE]

May be he thinks that the ZZ are just a common strain as they are and he expects more.

Well, they are pretty common no doubt about it. Due to the fact that they are easier to be made, much more hardier than other FH strain, and mature a lot faster.

 

[Angler]

Hmmm.....looks like a keeper to me.

 

[Shoujin]

Its a keeper though, I have seen my friend get a couple of low grade zz and he fed them right . Treated them right. They turned out to be awesome. Although only 3 of the zz's got a great head like the size of a small ping pong ball, the rest of the FH lacked the kok part but showed intense coloration and the pearls would just stand out !!! This was a year ago when we didnt know that what we had in our tanks were flower horns !!

 

[no911forme]

I'm into African Cichlids and he was in a tank marked "mixed African" at the LFS and thought he looked nice. I understand that they are a fish that needs to be alone and also I don't care for their looks when matured.

 

[Camphilophus]

Maybe you should do some research before you buy your next fish.