ID please

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4wheelin

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i recently picked up a few new guys from my LPS the one in the first pic was almost solid black but is now starting to turn blue i think it is a chipokae but not sure also need id on these others plz sorry about the crappy pics had to use the fast burst camera app on phone to even get these pics lol they never sit still lol.

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i know what the one in the second pic is i dont know how that pic got up oaded too lol must have hit the wrong pic lol
 
#1 does look like a male chipokae. #3 is an albino auratus. Both species are very aggressive, so beware.
 
Brian_Indiana;4921640; said:
The bottom two look like a Female Protomelas Taeniolatus (Red Empress) and Nimbochromis Venustus. The second one is a Melanochromis Johannii

Blue2Fyre;4921668; said:
#1 does look like a male chipokae. #3 is an albino auratus. Both species are very aggressive, so beware.
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So it looks like
#1 Melanochromis chipokae
#2 Melanochromis Johannii
#3 albino Melanochromis auratus
#4 Protomelas Taeniolatus
#5 Nimbochromis Venustus
 
awsome thanks every one i pulled them from the assorted cichlid tank at my LFS did i luck out or are they common iv never seen any like them
 
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