some id suggestions please

[markscichlids]

at 1st i was sure these were c. spirulus then they changed and started to look more like c. cutteri. now however all the vertical barring is fading away and 1 is starting to develop a sajica-like horizontal stripe. its stronger than shown in the pic due to flash glare but you get the idea

the 2nd is also losing vertical barring and looks like this

 

[jgentry]

They are not cutteri's. I can tell you that for sure. I've never kept spirulus so I'm not sure about them.

 

[Cichla dude]

convicts is what they look like to me

 

[markscichlids]

i dont think even they can make their mind up what they are lol

 

[markscichlids]

they are deffinately not convicts altho similar in body shape i have to agree

 

[jgentry]

convicts is what they look like to me

From the same group as convicts, but definately not convicts.

 

[markscichlids]

maybe a spirulum/sajica hybrid?

 

[Lizardking]

looks like spilurus to me.

 

[markscichlids]

yes agreed but spirulus i didnt think spirulus got the horizontal black stripe? its a lot bolder on the fish than in the pic

 

[Lizardking]

yes agreed but spirulus i didnt think spirulus got the horizontal black stripe? its a lot bolder on the fish than in the pic

then it may be a sajica/spilurus hybrid. I dont think spilurus got that T-bar, at least mine doesn´t. and I did aquick image search on google and all pics showed regular spilurus colourations, no t-bars.