LithoMan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 http://s938.photobucket.com/user/lithoman_/media/20140423_131027_zpsf9d76a2d.mp4.htmlTrying to work out what fish it isAnd if the dominant male is the same as the other fish in the tankCheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlid_Boy Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Looks like a Placidochromis but I have seen fish like that lately labelled blue peacocks (and I doubted they were Aulonocara). Although hard to say from the vid. Suspect not the same as the others in the tank there. Keen for others' opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick19 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hi looks like what they used call haplochromis deep water Electra that was years ago its pro ally had a nameChange since then.Cheers mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 no you mean placidochromis electra deep water hapi breed them the fry in the tank have markings like protameleas spilonatus if i remeber correctly when i was keeping themi was thinking some sort of copadichromis ? hmmmm no idea lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltcraig Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Try Placidochromis blue otter maybe crossed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltcraig Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 There were some placidochromis Fort Macguire getting around as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonFishin Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Looks to me like an electra - however the label on the tank says pheno gissel so maybe that's it? Def Placidochromis sp.Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 No not electraAnd not gissel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myster619 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 What about Placidochromis mbamba? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Looks like mbamba to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Hmmmm I dont think its mbambaI use to breed them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlid_Boy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Ah, I didn't spot gissel written on the tank. I'm not an expert on that fish but it seems possible to me that he is a Placidochromis phenochilus 'gissel'. Any particular reason others doubt that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Otopharynx tetraspilushttp://www.barschkeller.de/cichliden/otopharynx/otopharynx-tetraspilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlid_Boy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Nailed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 yeswhen i first saw them with the dots along body i said otoso you think the actual dominant male and the other fish in the tank and the same spieces ?is there many around ? i wonder who dropped it off to this fish shoponly thing that stands out is his anal fin is black with a strong yellow that most of the fish mentioned dont have. no egg spotscheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I think they are all he same and the bar breaks to spots as they get olderlooks like there is a sub male starting to colour there alsohave a look at the female pattern in the linked site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 after looking at the vid again ............. I'm undecided again onthe other fishHas anyone bred Tetraspilus and can confirm juvenile pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I think they may be Placidochromis sp. Jalo.In the young specimens, the spots are still visible but fade when they get older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Jalo has tints of yellow, the fish in question appears to be developing a little more yellow than a tint.As said most ottos and being tetraspilus to usually its dots or spots rather than broken bar.Tetraspilus also usually has the colored crest taking up most of the dorsal.But since link2hell has mentioned tetraspilus,,, it's the closest thing as I seeing it being over my first depiction of mbamba which doesn't have any horizontal lines or spots. (male looks it,,,, the subdominant male proves the colored male is part of the rest,,, though the subdominant would be good to see in a little more progressed color looking like other male counterpart)Biggest problem is,,, that these species present a long time ago, and the typical history of pure forms endangered in the hobby due to hybridizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 http://s938.photobucket.com/user/lithoman_/media/20140423_131027_zpsf9d76a2d.mp4.htmla little bit longer version on video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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