Does anybody know what theses guys are? Sorry for the fuzzy pic. I bought them from my LFS who said the came from the cichlid Exchange as synspilum.
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Looks bifa to me but the pics aren't great so it's hard to say 100%
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My guess was bifa as well but the dominant fish gets a very blue sheen all over the body so it's got me guessing. Here's another pic if it helps.
For what it's worth I have never kept bifasciatum and so I don't really know what they look like as juveniles.
For what it's worth I have never kept bifasciatum and so I don't really know what they look like as juveniles.
My guess was bifa as well but the dominant fish gets a very blue sheen all over the body so it's got me guessing. Here's another pic if it helps.
For what it's worth I have never kept bifasciatum and so I don't really know what they look like as juveniles.
I have a bifas that looks like this.
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My guess was bifa as well but the dominant fish gets a very blue sheen all over the body so it's got me guessing. Here's another pic if it helps.
For what it's worth I have never kept bifasciatum and so I don't really know what they look like as juveniles.
Except without the blue sheen... He kind of looks like a mix of bifas and zonatus or guttulatus
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So do they lose the blue as they mature and become more red and orange. Mine are 4" at best but I'm pretty sure I have a pair already. The dominant one is showing a spawning tube and tolerates the smallest in his presence.
It looks like a bifaciatas to me. The lack of vertical bars suggests that it is not a fenestratus or zonatas. The complete harizontal stripe and not a half stripe suggests that is is not a synspillum or melanuras. Regardless, it is a high quality fish already showing good color at such a small size and I would grab it myself if I see it.
Thanks for all the compliments guys. Sounds like most are saying bifa. I'm curious to see if they hold their strong colors into adulthood.