Poorly Sajica

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minerwilly

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Hi,

My wife just returned from the LFS with a Saj, hoping to pair up with my bigger male. Have noticed though that it looks like it has been roughed up a bit and has a partially missing gill cover and a possible broken pec fin.

Do you guys think it will heal up? Anything I can do? I hoping it's a female, has less red in than my male but i'm not 100%



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I don't think u got a 100% sajica i can't see a distinctive t-bar symbol on her side u may have a con x t-bar with the vertical stripes and all. I am not sure if a gill plate will regrow but the pectorial fin looks alright but yeah she will need some tlc and i think she will pull through.
 
Its not a sajica. It's C. spilurus.
And the gillplate doesn't look like a physical injury as it does a genetic defect. I had an angel with the exact same thing. It's just a shift in the gill plate, not properly formed/developed. That's gonna stay that way.
 
i'd kind of understand the convict cross, man this fish is a nutter. I put it in my 70gal with my juvie oscar (about 4-5 inches) to grow on a bit before trying to introduce to my male. I moved all the decor about in case the O got a bit precious, but the new guy went straight up in the O's grill. Eventually the O took up the challenge to jaw lock (bearing in mind this lil fish has a mouth smaller than a pin head) and got half the new guys head in his mouth. Hastily put him in with my other saj and now he's hiding in some floating plant from my big boy. Don't know what to do now, especially as you guys think he's a diff species, yet alone it being a female saj.

:confused:
 
i agree it does look like a cross with a con... can you get a better pic so we would know for sure.
 
straitjacketstar;1379072; said:
Its not a sajica. It's C. spilurus.
And the gillplate doesn't look like a physical injury as it does a genetic defect. I had an angel with the exact same thing. It's just a shift in the gill plate, not properly formed/developed. That's gonna stay that way.
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Hit it on the noggin. Not a sajica at all, but instead a blue eyed cichlid (Spilurus). There was an article about them, with pictures, in this months "Aquarium Fish International".

Still a beautiful fish thats very compatable with the sajica, but I am afraid it isn't the Sajica.
 
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