Is this a Xingu 1?

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PufferXtreme

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Hey guys,

I had this pike cichlid come to me today and it's very pretty:drool:

Ive tried to ID using the stickies rather than being a pain and just posting "ID Please?"...

I think its a Xingu 1 but I'm really not sure....

The guy I got it off said normally it's bright orange with dark stripes.

All he ever fed it was bloodworm - I never thought that could be possible to maintain fish on bloodworm.

Here's the pics
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I think so. P_P would be able to tell you for sure.

The colors that the guy described are juvi. color forms.

Like mine:
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The guy meant when less stressed - you can see the faint vertical bands down the body in the previous pics. I just wasn't sure whether the colours he described were relevant for ID :)
 
Not as much with adult coloration. Xingu I lose the orange for a drab olive body color when they reach maturity.
 
I would say at about that size! LOL. No, seriously, that's about the right size for that fish to change over to adult coloration.
 
Hawkfish3.0;1740423; said:
Not as much with adult coloration. Xingu I lose the orange for a drab olive body color when they reach maturity.
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Only males become olive green. The females get an intense red belly and dark ends, about what yours is starting to look like. Luckily you got a female, so she is just going to keep getting better and better...;)

Yes, it is xingu I. ;)
 
She is Simply Sexy! Nice Fish.
 
I was keeping one for a while and it was one of the most beautiful fish I had ever seen. Bright red belly, and cadual fin, about as thick as an arm. Made me want to buy a group of young ones and grow out a pair.
 
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