African Cichlid Id? From Lake Malawi

CoryFever · Mar 4, 2014

I visited an LFS in Ohio a few weeks ago and the owner gave me a tour of the hatchery where he breeds his fish. Great tour, and along the way I saw these two stunners:

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Any way I could get an ID?
BTW the store was Something Fishy in Cleveland, Ohio. Great service and I really enjoy my visits there. I can only go once a year, but I make the most out of it each time.

Fishmanic · Mar 4, 2014

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RRaquariums · Mar 4, 2014

I'd say the bottom one is a sunshine peacock mixed with something else posable a yellow lab I'm not sure on the top one.

sawickib · Mar 4, 2014

The second one looks like the one on this website http

/myemail.constantcontact.com/HUGE--and-the--H--is-silent-.html?soid=1104155438978&aid=iM7SKGuC0Vg but they call it a german red for some reason.
Yea id say the second one is a german red.
Maybe even both their top fins have that line across the top, maybe different strains and cross breeding with something else...

RRaquariums · Mar 4, 2014

I don't think it's a German red as I have several German reds and I've never seen one that looks like that at least not a pure breed one.

sawickib · Mar 4, 2014

If you search german red cichlid on google images and scroll down, then you can see some that look similar to them, but def not pure breed.

crisycrunch · Mar 16, 2014

Top one looks like a Super Red Empress. The other is a sunshine peacock. That's the best red empress I've ever seen.

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