Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rcombs on November 19, 2013, 11:49:29 PM

Title: Wth is this species lol
Post by: rcombs on November 19, 2013, 11:49:29 PM

Do not remember how why or when I picked this one up. Can y'all help find what this is. It has what looks to be red speckles on the fins

Title: Re: Wth is this species lol
Post by: rcombs on November 19, 2013, 11:55:23 PM

Maybe a eureka red peacock?

Title: Re: Wth is this species lol
Post by: four_by_ken on November 20, 2013, 05:59:09 AM

Looks to be a female that's a little beat up .

There's no color so I can't even guess what kind .

Title: Re: Wth is this species lol
Post by: Ron on November 20, 2013, 10:02:09 AM

FWIW, I'm not as convinced that it's a female. It's unclear, but will become more clear as it gets older (should know by 3"+).

As for what it is, it's an Aulonocara. Anything more than that is basically impossible to say with 100% accuracy right now. That's why it's important to buy fish from a reputable source and know exactly what your buying while it's too young to identify by just looking at it.

I love Malawian species, but Auloncara are my least favorite because it's so darn hard to ID them. Mix up a bunch of young and all the ones that are females will still be nearly impossible to figure out once they've grown up.  :o