HELP identify this cichlid
( picked him up today as a Mayan cichlid - not convinced as the eye is red and not yellow )
( picked him up today as a Mayan cichlid - not convinced as the eye is red and not yellow )
Identify that Cichlid
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This is from a completely different shop, I am desperate for a Mayan.
The Trimac has been removed and given to a friend who is now going to quarantine him on his own as he has lots of set ups ( and he killed my breeding pair of beani today and took over there cave so he had to be moved on )
Here are some Mayaheros uropthalmus (mayan cichlids)in their natural habitat, in Cenotes of Mexico
So looks like I’ve missed fired again.
It’s so hard to find decent American cichlids here in the UK.
A Mayan will look somewhat similar to a mesoheros festae (aka red terror) but will have 6-7 vertical stripes on them.
Sorry he killed off your pair. Reason I keep mine as a solo
Sorry he killed off your pair. Reason I keep mine as a solo
That really sucks that he killed your beani pair mate. Dang, whoda thunk a beaten down trimac would do that in a new tank environment w healthy fish 
For most Central American cichlids, no more than a pair of a single species, per 6 ft tank as adults, are feasable.
So it is no surprise that the beanii were killed by the trimac
Where Mayaheros beanii come from on the northern Pacific coast of Mexico they are the sole cichlid in the habitat, and each pair might occupy 1000 gallons, so they are not equip to deal with another species.
I have kept all the above cichlids, but would never keep them together in the same tank '
Trimacs do not share habitat with beanii, so trying keep them together is problematic, they are from a totally different region on southern Mexico.
Same withh Mesoheros festae, from west of the Andes in South America. They are basically loners and seldom come close to sharing habitat with any other cichlids.
Where I live now, in stretches of rivers like the one below, I usually find only 2 species of cichlids, and their microhabitats are in totally different zones of the river, so territories don;t collide.
One species inhabits sandy areas with mederate flow, while the other rocky habitats with higher flows, they seldom come into conflict with each other.
So when we consider cichlids in the confines of the limited space in an aquarium, its no surprize, they kill each other.
I am sometimes amazed when they don't.
On Saturday I visited and collected in the Rio Indio where I only found 1 species of cichlid, among schools of tetras.
So it is no surprise that the beanii were killed by the trimac
Where Mayaheros beanii come from on the northern Pacific coast of Mexico they are the sole cichlid in the habitat, and each pair might occupy 1000 gallons, so they are not equip to deal with another species.
I have kept all the above cichlids, but would never keep them together in the same tank '
Trimacs do not share habitat with beanii, so trying keep them together is problematic, they are from a totally different region on southern Mexico.
Same withh Mesoheros festae, from west of the Andes in South America. They are basically loners and seldom come close to sharing habitat with any other cichlids.
Where I live now, in stretches of rivers like the one below, I usually find only 2 species of cichlids, and their microhabitats are in totally different zones of the river, so territories don;t collide.
One species inhabits sandy areas with mederate flow, while the other rocky habitats with higher flows, they seldom come into conflict with each other.
So when we consider cichlids in the confines of the limited space in an aquarium, its no surprize, they kill each other.
I am sometimes amazed when they don't.
On Saturday I visited and collected in the Rio Indio where I only found 1 species of cichlid, among schools of tetras.
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