wrong ID and getting mad

[Loshmitchell101]

This has been a nightmare. So I argued with the guy at my LFS that their labeled red tiger motas were a tank full of dovii. The dude absolutely insisted and we squared away. I then took to a local Facebook group and most still said RTM. Am I going f'ing crazy. All I see is dovii. I paid the 12.99 just to get a dovii. So can my favorite fish site which I just came back to and trust please ID this and possibly sex it for me. Thank you, this bothered me so much I returned to MFK. Thanks guys and I'm glad to be back.

 

[predatorkeeper87]

not a cichlid guy really but I see hints of both in those fish lol

 

[John Tindall]

Lol i just had the same thnig.
Happen to me.. Lfs man tried telling me that it was a 5 star general cichlid..
And i said hell no its a dovii. But i think it a hybrid of a red tiger cichlid an dovii

 

[cichlidfish]

That looks like a female dovii to me. The shape looks 100% dovii. I wouldn't ID based on color. That fish looks stressed being so dark in color. How big is it?

 

[cichlidfish]

if you want pure fish buy from someone reputable. I was at a LFS yesterday and saw they had "red flash" thorichthys aureus, but they were t. Mac.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Looks like a dovii, possibly a hybrid. definitely not an RTM

 

[Loshmitchell101]

it stays in a black background tank and black sand. It's keeping dark and in the shadows in a peaceful tank. Just recently purchased. I wanted a dovii and thought I scored a gold dovii. The whole tank were all dovii to me.

 

[Loshmitchell101]

3" had it 10 days.

 

[ragin_cajun]

Not an RTM. Pay the shipping, deal with serious online suppliers for fish like this. Or, ask your LFS who they order from, and have them add fish you want to their order.

This is a good way to put some shipping charges, and risk, on your LFS. My LFS orders from "Seagrest Farms", and they're OK, I think? So, I tell my LFS to add 6 Carpintis to their next order, and I pick em up when they come in.

If they look bad I can back out. I don't pay the shipping charges. It's a good deal.

But, there's LOTS of if's, too.

I generally just order my own fish and pay a little more to do it these days. It's just easier.

 

[cichlidfish]

it stays in a black background tank and black sand. It's keeping dark and in the shadows in a peaceful tank. Just recently purchased. I wanted a dovii and thought I scored a gold dovii. The whole tank were all dovii to me.

If it's a new purchase, it will look stressed. It will need time to settle in.