New fish ID help needed

[mexlas]

Hello,

I just got home from picking up our new member to our tank. It was a freebie off of craigslist. I am still a newb when it comes to the whole fish hobby and wanted to know what type of Cichlid I ended up with. Its about 8 inches long.

Thanks

 

[Sarah88]

hmmmmm maybe a low-grade flowerhorn? im sure someone with better ID senses will be able to give better answer, maybe try posting another pic once it settles into the tank better, either way great pickup (and free always gives it that extra plus )

 

[armac]

Flowerhorn

 

[RedH2O]

ya low grade flowerhorn. Nice aggressive fish tho, will have alot of personality aswell. What size tank? Tankmates?

 

[mexlas]

175g and other fish about 1/2 the size.

 

[fhcruiser]

its a flowerhorn, look out for aggression toward tank mates

 

[Sarah88]

if it is a flowerhorn and the other fish are half the size then make sure you watch aggression very carefully and remove any fish that he is capable of swallowing as they will get eaten once hes more comfortable, another option would be to divide the tank with some egg crate until they other tankmates put on some size

 

[jack-knife]

Nice freebe man