New cichla

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CichlidDan

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My new cichla came today, I ordered tem's but these are def not tems lol. Its all good though, I want your guys opinions because 1 guy of the 4 I know is mono, but.... 3 of the 4 have gold rings around their spots, and when stressed the spots are gone but the gold ring is still well defined there, not just wishful thinking. I am wondering if these are orinos or just monos with some cool markings because I cannot tell at this size. Here is the pics.... Fist pic is just the school together... In the third pic the cichla inquestion is bottom left and in 4th one in question is bottom. The other two I think you can tell which ones i mean...

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Definitely not Tems. But looking good. Could be monos but they are too small for me to be able to tell for sure.
 
I want to say they look like Orins to me just because the head doesn't have that "scoop" look to it.
 
too young to tell but im MORE leaning towards MONOCULUS....;)
 
good stuff, getting these guys settled in was 10x easier, they started feeding with the other guys first time, dominance is seemingly established already, and feeding time is way cooler now, includes lots of fights to.....
 
I really like the yellow outlining on these guys, I sure hope it stays, I am definitely glad these got sent instead of tems.

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Right now from those pics I would say Orino...may change though and not have gold rings around the rosettes when they age....glad you are happy with your purchase...they look great!

Chris
 
whatever they might be...they're gonna be sweet when they get bigger...thats for sure
 
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