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I.D. HELP!!!

i bought this guy a while ago...i dont have a clue what he is or even if its a male or female...he was in a kenyi tank when i bought him and that tank is right next to a socolofi tank so thats what i thought he was at first...but now at time it looks totally different from my socolofi that are in the tank...his stripes turns purple and his under-belly turns yellowish gold color

posted by: Byron G	(report) Jul 6th, 2008
Views: 238	Rated: (7 votes)

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*kylie *	» posted 2008/07/06 - 02:51
mmmmm good question. byron he looks like he is crossed between the two almost ..maybe he is socolofi and is very pale due to light substrate.. looks lik eit is getting the black fin tips..

Byron G	» posted 2008/07/06 - 05:24
i dont know because i have 2 other socolofi in the tank a male and female and he barley resembles them now...but you may be right...thanxx

lee howe	» posted 2008/07/06 - 05:29
the black in hits fins says socolifi but the barring is unusually dark for a socolifi... bad breeding can cause some barring in socolifis' but I have never seen it to this extreme. so I would say that it is a positive crossbreed.. Fin structure points towards Male..

Byron G	» posted 2008/07/06 - 05:32
alright thanxx lee

Kay Bee19	» posted 2008/07/06 - 13:27
Give it some time, it might be a socolofi. Barring can be extreme sometimes and persist for months, it's just a matter of them settling in.

Byron G	» posted 2008/07/06 - 17:45
ok thanxx kay bee

carlo gs	» posted 2008/07/06 - 17:49
it look alot like the Cobalt Blue Zebra cichlids i have could be that

bip_ 4u

» posted 2008/07/06 - 18:49

dennis chiong maya

» posted 2008/07/08 - 13:42

Byron G	» posted 2008/07/08 - 17:26
it could be carlos....it look a lil' bit like yours

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Nick&Stephanie Kirk, 2008-12-02 06:19

Now that is some Good looking fish!

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Cichlid Novice, 2008-12-02 06:19

thanks but i need a new tank so they can live like they should.

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robert johnson, 2008-12-02 06:14

they look great

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robert johnson, 2008-12-02 06:13

nice fish but does look like alot of fish for thank tank water changers and

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karrie edwards, 2008-12-02 06:11

lol, i have seen yours novice, they are nice looking to.

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robert johnson, 2008-12-02 06:07

i realy like this tank jerry with the floating wood in it

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