Lucky Dip Cichlid Id

[balajake]

Went to get 2 blue acaras from PAH. you know how it is, everything is basically mixed in with everything else so i ask for some help from a member of staff.i saw a muddy light green dull cichlid in a tank with some firemouths, he had no markings, no speckling. just a very ugly cichlid indeed, told be it was an acara but i wasnt convinced. i bought it, got it home and hes gone all black within 10 minutes of going in my tank. the second one i was told definately an acara, looks nothing at all like the first one and is half the size. i was basically there with 4 staff debating what they were as they hadn't a clue. so here is cichlid one.

and now cichlid 2

 

[Wills]

hmmm very much lucky dip isnt it..... Last pic kind of looks like a young flowerhorn? Top one does look Acara esc but to me looks more GT shape than BA... Tough to tell from the pics though.

Wills

 

[thereverendturtle]

First one looks like a young green terror to me. The second looks like a Texas cichlid. Could be wrong on both just what they look to be.

 

[Wills]

Got to ask as well.... why go to P@H when Manchester has so many good fish shops?

Wills

 

[balajake]

i went into abyss first but no acaras. pets at home for some wood as its 3 for 2 and you get some massive pieces. lol. wasn't expecting anyone to say flowerhhorn for the second, its very spangly and green, tiny thing

 

[balajake]

black one looks like this. there was no name on this photo

 

[balajake]

think this is the other little one. looks a dead cert

Cichlasoma octofasciatum

 

[fishprotector]

think this is the other little one. looks a dead cert

Cichlasoma octofasciatum

That looks like a Jack Dempsey to me

 

[balajake]

yep i think its a jack dempsey. still unsure on the other but hes a confident fish

 

[fishprotector]

Not sure on the first one. I did have a BA once and he did look like that. Hard to tell from the pic though.

 

[balajake]

the unknown one was olive green in the shop, hes black now. very attactive fish now but no other colour to him although he's banded slightly

 

[fishprotector]

Sounds like he / she could be a little stressed at the moment.

 

[balajake]

still non the wiser on the black cichlid but in certain light he has greany/blue flashes around his mouth and eyes.

 

[Liam2368]

first one looks to be a ba or gt and second one i thought flowerhorn it has a few characteristics but not all, id probably go texas or texas hybrid but 100% not a blue acara, i woould not think they would get more rarer cichlids so wont suggest any others. my 2 local p@h always stock taxas and acaras.

 

[balajake]

first one looks to be a ba or gt and second one i thought flowerhorn it has a few characteristics but not all, id probably go texas or texas hybrid but 100% not a blue acara, i woould not think they would get more rarer cichlids so wont suggest any others. my 2 local p@h always stock taxas and acaras.

the other one is a jack dempsey, its only about 1 inch at the moment. they seemed to have hybrids in the other tanks. one looked like an acara cross convict and was guarding eggs 3 convicts were huddling in the corner not daring to even make eye contact with her lol