I've gad him 7 years since he was 1.5 to 2 inch. He's alone in a 5ft X 26inch tall x 20inch deep tank .
Help me I.D. this baby cichlid?
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I was just watchin videos of JCB on Youtube! Hey @Andy woods cichlids uk do you have pics of Botox as a juvenile? That dude is badass lookin. Looked for earlier vids of him but no luck
This isn't my thread. Sorry to the OP. Ive bin searching but can't find earlier ones.
Hello, so I managed to get into contact with the person who gave me the fish and I asked him where he had purchased the fish so long story short I spoke to the manager of the lfs and went down there and showed him a pic and he told me it was a juvenile cuban cichlid, mystery finally solved lol
Doesn't surprise me to be tetracanthus, as youngsters, telling them apart from haitiensus is nearly impossible, they are so closely related.
Below tetracanthus
now haitiensus
juvie
its only as they mature differences become obvious
adult haitiensus
adult tetracanthus
Below tetracanthus
now haitiensus
juvie
its only as they mature differences become obvious
adult haitiensus
adult tetracanthus
I'd still say Haitian hope you keep him, good luck.
thank you for the replies, to be honest even if the fish turns out to be a haitiensis id still be very happy, I plan on keeping the fish, either species seems inetersting to keep. I just upgraded the baby fish to spare 29 gallon tank I have set up, the water is at 82 with lots of hiding spots
