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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Steve on January 08, 2014, 04:42:16 AM

Title: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Steve on January 08, 2014, 04:42:16 AM: You guys probably don't remember but about a year ago I posted a picture of a fish I picked up from a lfs that I didn't know what it was and really he was pretty sickly looking when I got him. Underfeed and thin, colors were not very good either. This was the original thread a year ago http://michigancichlid.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=3030.0

Well I've been meaning to show you guys the change in him for awhile now but keep forgetting to take a pic of him and post, what a difference between him now and how he was about a year ago. Now he's nice and plump, really nice colors to him and just super healthy and active.

This was him a year ago when I picked him up from the lfs for next to nothing price wise.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4206/fish3m.jpg)

And this is him today (no photoshop colors added, that's how he looks all the time)

(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9679/iv88.jpg)
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on January 08, 2014, 08:15:39 AM: Nice looking fish - But what is he ?
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Steve on January 08, 2014, 12:04:56 PM: Best we could tell from what Blair thought would be exasperatus, but not 100% sure.
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: rcombs on January 08, 2014, 12:37:31 PM: ETHELWYNNAE?
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Regalblue on January 08, 2014, 12:53:04 PM: Quote from: Steve on January 08, 2014, 12:04:56 PM
Best we could tell from what Blair thought would be exasperatus, but not 100% sure.
I wouldn't say that's what it is after seeing the new pictures.
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on January 08, 2014, 01:14:03 PM: He cool. But he looks like a hap of some kind
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Sean on January 08, 2014, 01:17:50 PM: I think I saw something like that when I was looking through wet spot's list. Don't remember what it was tho
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: hezekiah on January 08, 2014, 03:28:50 PM: You are a credit to cichlid keepers everywhere. Good Job
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Ron on January 08, 2014, 04:03:20 PM: Quote from: Regalblue on January 08, 2014, 12:53:04 PM
Quote from: Steve on January 08, 2014, 12:04:56 PM
Best we could tell from what Blair thought would be exasperatus, but not 100% sure.
I wouldn't say that's what it is after seeing the new pictures.
Too late, I believe you already did. I remember Blair betting all his tanks on that fish definitely being an exasperatus. ;D
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Steve on January 08, 2014, 04:11:14 PM: ;D lol

So any ideas then what he may be? perhaps a hybred hap or something?

Whatever he is he's turned into a pretty nice fish, one of my favorites in that tank now.
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on January 08, 2014, 04:20:26 PM: Quote from: Steve on January 08, 2014, 04:11:14 PM
;D lol

So any ideas then what he may be? perhaps a hybred hap or something?

Whatever he is he's turned into a pretty nice fish, one of my favorites in that tank now.

I would have to say it a hybrid
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on January 08, 2014, 09:44:58 PM: is it maybe a not fully colored protomelas taiwan reef? or spilonatus?
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Ron on January 09, 2014, 07:55:19 AM: Quote from: TrailerParkFishTanks on January 08, 2014, 09:44:58 PM
is it maybe a not fully colored protomelas taiwan reef? or spilonatus?
I don't know what it is, but I can say what it isn't .... I've kept both of those species from fry to fully colored adults and neither is the fish pictured.
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: danielratti on January 09, 2014, 08:05:50 AM: Taiwan reef half H shaped barring patterns as well.
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: rcombs on January 09, 2014, 02:30:01 PM: Again, maybe an Ethelwynnae peacock? Looks identical to me.
Title: Re: What a difference a year makes
Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on January 09, 2014, 04:24:56 PM: What about a not fully colored Placidochromis electra Makonde "yellow electra"