Oddball Cichlid I.D. Please….

[krichardson]

Actually it's again a photo problem in the top picture as I used a feature in i-photo to blur out water spots on the glass which made the image of the fish appear as if it's bloated but it's actually thin and flat as it should be. The fish is extremely shy and does stay hidden in it's own small niche in the driftwood pile and only briefly darts out to feed when I put in flakes..

Well that's good then and perhaps it would come out more if you could determine the sex of the fish and possibly get it some male or female conspecifics.

 

[Yellowcat]

Yes, would be nice to find another one, this is the only one I've seen at the LFS in recent months. First I'll need to sell the vulture catfish which I bought thinking it was a smaller pimelodid species, oops. It's very active and would intimidate any small fish just by sheer size however peaceful it is. If I find another of the same cichlid or two then I'll figure out how to sex them which will be something interesting to pursue in the future… Thanks!

 

[Frank Castle]

definitely looks deformed .....