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bluefish80
03-03-2006, 5:36 AM
I need an id on this chichlid -
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/EB0mbz/unknown.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/EB0mbz/unknown2.jpg
Its normaly black in colour, the mofo just ate one of my peppermint cats i dont know how he fit him in his mouth but he did. I haven't seen colour in this fish for over 6 months. I guess live feed will bring that out in a fish. . .

. . also while im at it i have 2 Severums I purchaced as juvies. The LFS labeled them as "Green Severums", they are awsome fish like most of my fish they can be hand fed and even leap for food they also dont mind the ocasional contact with a hand, curious fish. Recently added to a new tank they have paired up and all week they have been locking jaws. The Male has a distinct brown colour with red fins where as the female remains a dull grey. Are they 2 different breeds or is this just a display the male puts on?

heres some shnaps -
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/EB0mbz/HEROS.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/EB0mbz/heros2.jpg
Im a bit concerned if they spawn i could end up with fish like this :thud:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/EB0mbz/OMFG.jpg
carpediem
03-03-2006, 6:49 AM
Can't really tell, need a better pic. It sort of looks like a female Dempsey but I wouldn't bet the farm on it without a better picture.
bluefish80
03-03-2006, 7:22 AM
He be camera shy today its a big tank and i cant get him to come close to the front of the tank ill try again tomorow keep in mind for the past months the fish has alwase been black from head to tail with the neon blue coral like markings around his gills. Somthings shocked him today hes gone pale on me.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/EB0mbz/unknown3.jpg
carpediem
03-03-2006, 7:32 AM
Looks like a Jack Dempsey, Nandopsis octofasciatum to me. If it's as big as it looks (3 to 4 inches from mouth to tip of tail) it looks like a female, but it's difficult to tell from the picture.
Tightdog1
03-03-2006, 4:11 PM
yea looks like a jack dempsey to me also
MacFish
03-03-2006, 4:28 PM
Definitely a JD with a fat little pot belly :dance2:
carpediem
03-03-2006, 6:29 PM
Definitely a JD with a fat little pot belly :dance2:

The pot belly is probably that peppermint cat...
GreenTerr0
03-04-2006, 11:11 PM
100% sure its a jack dempsy. i have one in a tank with 3 piranhas, a green terror a convict. hes extremely aggresive... often picking fights with 3 piranhas at once. very territorial, anyone who invades his space is up for chasing.
fish_breeder_05
03-05-2006, 12:54 AM
definantly a dempsey
jadefoodog
03-05-2006, 1:04 AM
yep its a demsey and they grow into color

males get it more on the body and females get more on the gill plates and yeah they will eat anything they can

its become kinda like a circus show in my house to throw in snails for the JD to hunt
bluefish80
03-05-2006, 4:00 AM
those severums like to take snalis for a swim around the tank