ID: RD/Midas/Maybe Trimac?

[Red Devil Horde]

I posted this in the CA/SA sub forum but thought i should post it here too, since in all likelihood this guy could be a hybrid.
Someone in another thread mentioned this might even be a FH.

Quoted from " Show your Red Devil" Thread & CA/SA sub-forum



I added a fry/grow-out with him in the QT tank & it seems to settle him a bit. I might throw in 1 more.
He's not so quick to hide as much.
I hope I can get more clear shots of him/her.
I have to try to get the red tones.
The red is in his gills, under his chin, along his belly, & in his fins. A bit of pink through out is body too.

I have him next to my comp so I can keep an eye out.
He's eating now about 10-15 small pellets & pooped twice(that I've seen)
A bit of empty poop casing(1/4 of the actual poop) in the 1st poop, his belly was a bit sunken when I got him home. 2nd poop was a quick one after I added the other fry into the QT tank. no empty casing this time.

I can see RD & Midas traits, I guess I'm going to wait it out to see which genes are more dominate in this fish.

What do you guys & girls think?

I'm hoping it keeps his's juvi bars, but fear its a fader as most are.

I feed my other RD/Midas Hikari Gold, NLS Thera +A, & Omega One Super Color.
I treat them to frozen blood worm once in a while too.
Frozen Shrimp once in a while. I try frozen peas every now & then too.

I was looking to try some Grand Sumo Red(FH food) to try to promote kok & color development but never tried it yet. Any RD/Midas owners have experience with this brand? Or can you suggest a good brand I could try?

My fish seem to enjoy what I feed them so I don't want to mess up a good thing.
I had my GT go on a long hunger strike because I decided to switch his food.(even after going back to his old food)

Looking forward to hearing/reading you thought & suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone think this may be a juvie Amphilophus trimaculatus?
I've been looking @ pix & it looks like he might have some of the same qualities/traits.
ie:
Red chin, & belly area, red eyes, flowerline,barring, no pearls tho.

Link to original thread:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5069785#post5069785

Another note:
His bars are a lot darker, & his red in his chin/bell, & fins are more visible.
It seems he fades every time he sees me with the camera.
Sometimes he's more black then he is yellow.

 

[Chrisplosion]

Looks like a juvie Midevil, it is definitely not a Trimaculatus.

This is a juvie Trimaculatus.

 

[love The Jack Dempseys]

Its is probably not because all of the FH's when juvies have had the black dot with blue around it and yours dosent but im not very experienced with FH's.

 

[Camphilophus]

Looks pure amphilophus to me I agree with juvenile red devil/midas.

 

[Red Devil Horde]

I have no experience with FH either.
Thanks for the pic, & input guys!
That's good to know, I wanted this to be a RD/Midas when I got him. I just was sure about this color variation/morph.
I thought maybe barred, but I was told is too rare for it to be unless it's wild.

I was labeled RD but it's hard to tell @ this size(1.5"), & I've known this place to make a mistake between RD's & Midas before.
They get all their fish from Asia, mistakes happen.
They often get in FH too(mostly), so I thought the possibility of it being a Trimac or FH was slim, but I wanted to cover all bases.

I mentioned no pearls(fh) & but someone said it doesn't really matter,most FH juvies I see have some pearls.
Hell my Texacons showed pearls from a very young age.

Thanks again guys.