Fish Identification

euphbasio · Jan 20, 2012

Hi There,

I've been keeping tropicals for years, but usually community.

My friend emigrated and donated some fish to me, and I don't know what this beauty is. Can anyone help me identify the species of this fish?

I keep him/her with three Pictus in a nice 400l tank, and they all get on well it seems.

Any suggestions for other friends?

Thanks a lot in advance.

snake007 · Jan 20, 2012

Looks like an ellioti, its a new world cichlid.

euphbasio · Jan 20, 2012

Thanks for your quick reply, that's ace. So many species...

Seems like Elliotis are quite hard to find, certainly none in the shops near me. I'll keep looking.

Thanks again.

mattlee · Jan 20, 2012

aureus. very close to an ellioti but from a different catchment area.

stunning fish btw :good:

minnnt · Jan 20, 2012

I would tend to agree with Matt on this one.

Welcome to the forum.

snake007 · Jan 20, 2012

Ooh a gold cichlid, very nice

Blubble37 · Jan 20, 2012

yeah, i would've said ellioti but it has differnt markings... so gold chichlid! you all got to it before me!!!

He/she is a beautiful specimen and you are lucky to have him/her!

euphbasio · Jan 20, 2012

Thanks all, really helpful. He/she is a fabulous fish, great to have in my study

Just need to find him/her a companion.

minnnt · Jan 20, 2012

euphbasio said:
Thanks all, really helpful. He/she is a fabulous fish, great to have in my study Just need to find him/her a companion.

Such as what? Thorichthys species are terrible with conspecific aggression, finding a female to go with the male will be a very hard task. I would suggest looking at a different fish altogether.

snake007 · Jan 20, 2012

minnnt said:
euphbasio said:

Thanks all, really helpful. He/she is a fabulous fish, great to have in my study Just need to find him/her a companion.

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Such as what? Thorichthys species are terrible with conspecific aggression, finding a female to go with the male will be a very hard task. I would suggest looking at a different fish altogether.

So it would be hard to pair firemouths?

minnnt · Jan 20, 2012

snake007 said:
minnnt said:

euphbasio said:

Thanks all, really helpful. He/she is a fabulous fish, great to have in my study Just need to find him/her a companion.

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Such as what? Thorichthys species are terrible with conspecific aggression, finding a female to go with the male will be a very hard task. I would suggest looking at a different fish altogether.

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So it would be hard to pair firemouths?

No harder than any other Cichlid, but adding another adult to an already existing adult in a tank that it has been in for a while is hit and miss and Thorichthys are notoriously aggressisive amongst conspecifics.

snake007 · Jan 20, 2012

Oh right, could you cross breed a Aurues and a FM?

minnnt · Jan 20, 2012

Any Thorichthys will breed with another Thorichthys providing they pair.

I'm trying my luck with 2 juvenile Firemouths atm what i believe are male and female... Whether they pair or not is a different matter. lol.

snake007 · Jan 20, 2012

minnnt said:
Any Thorichthys will breed with another Thorichthys providing they pair.

I'm trying my luck with 2 juvenile Firemouths atm what i believe are male and female... Whether they pair or not is a different matter. lol.

How do you even sex Firemouths?

I have 3 and I desperately want them to pair.

minnnt · Jan 20, 2012

They're very hard. lol. Females tend to be a little deeper and plumper but a tad smaller than the males. Males also usually have very elongated fin extensions than females who can have extensions, but most of the time not quite as ellaborate.

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