These are either Red Devil or Midas cichlid, hard to say 100% from this picture. Both are very aggressive large fish.
The head of the biggest Midas I saw is the size of the fully grow Convict:)

if those fish are five years old, they are pink convicts; if they were red devils or midas, they would be at least a foot long.

mylan, are you kidding??
First of all you been here (on forums) long enough to distinguish devil/midas from convict.
Second as the picture title state, it was before, not NOW.-------------------------
as author says "and they have since grown and taken on this beautiful color."

Yep Midas.

I read title again, it may be a recent picture, I appologise. Dan,how big is this fish

I was thinking along the same lines as you Alex. They do look like young Midas but i think they actually are Cons eh.

dunno Marc, Cons have more rounded head, unless this one is some kind of hybrid.
Its true, as Mylan pointed above, Midas will grow huge in 5 years, at least it was in very small tank.
Well, if I was wrong then sorry for being jumpy, guess its me the one who fuk up here. Sorry Mylan, my fault.

Yeah i know what your saying. Looking at the pic alone they are Midas, but there is no way, even in a small tank, they would stay this small. We'll see what Dan says, whether this is them now or 5 year ago.

hey Marc, did our Dick Cheney still walking in country of OZ?:)
Or you guys feed him to the Festae?

this is now. they have been in this tank(75 gallon)alone for about 3 months and have doubled in size. when i had them, they were in a 25 by themselves and were white. the larger one is approx 3.5 - 4 inches.

i just saw a pic on pg 376 of a white jellybean parrot that looks very much like these guys, any thoughts?

sorry pg 326

Please show another p8ic.