Identify these??

[ilovecichlids]

:help: me identify these

[Sonic Tooth]

The first is an Albino Tiger Oscar, I believe. The two catfish in the last one are Columbian Sharks. 2nd to last some type of parrot?

[Jason_S]

oscar, electric blue johanni (?), electric blue ahli (?), jelly bean parrot, and I have no idea on the last one. :)

[KingOfTheDeep]

your gonna need a pretty big tank for those guys...

oscars grow to 15 inches
the shark cats grow to around 16 inches

good luck..

[YoFishboy]

The cichlid in the last one looks like a female aulonocara

[tsii]

Second to last one looks more like a Pink Convict to me.JMO.:)

[Rallysman]

Second to last one looks more like a Pink Convict to me.JMO.:)

I would say the same.

The first is an oscar for sure.

[Jason_S]

the reason I think that's a jellybean and not a pink convict is that the body looks more short and slightly rounder (parrot-ish) than a normal convict. also the mouth is too high and is more the position it is on a parrot than a convict. unless the camera angle is throwing off the fish's proportions I'd be willing to bet it's got jellybean in it and is not a pure convict. :)

compare the body shape and location of the mouth with the female in the bottom pic in this thread http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94574. in the pic I'm referring to you'll notice the female's mouth is at the lowest point of the jaw, and is noticeably lower than the fish's mid-lateral line whereas the pink fish's mouth above is even with the mid-lateral line.

[KingOfTheDeep]

yeah, i agree on it being a jellybean

heres a picture from google

[jm1212]

the second to last one is a jellyben parrot, its stouter than a convict.

[fish_freak]

Yup but I'm not certain that it is a true jelly bean perhaps bread back to a convict once?

[GirlieGirl8521]

Are all these cichlids housed in the same tank? The Africans (2nd, 3rd, and last pictures) have different water and food requirements than the others. The Oscar will also get much larger than the others and possibly eat them or kill them.

[Mgamer20o0]

Are all these cichlids housed in the same tank?

thats what i was thinking.

[ilovecichlids]

yes they are all housed in a 55 gallon tank

[GirlieGirl8521]

The Oscar alone would stock the tank. I'd get atleast a 75g for him alone. I'd also take the Convict or Parrot (whichever it is) to the LFS. Either that or take the Africans back. You shouldn't keep them together.

The Africans (specifically Malawians) need a high pH and need some veggie matter in their diets. They shouldn't be mixed with the Oscar and the Convict or Parrot.

[jm1212]

after taking a closer look, it looks to me like your oscar is dyed.

[Frontfan]

The second fish is a Maingano - African (Malawi I'm pretty sure)

[kjenber]

:bday: :dive2: :sick: :huh: :mad2: :sad: :hang: :bowing: :duh: :clap:
The last one is a mutt:dog: :dog: :dog:

[KingOfTheDeep]

after taking a closer look, it looks to me like your oscar is dyed.

its not dyed, its just a low quality "lutino"

[ilovecichlids]

I also have black convicts and they are african cichlids and they don't bother each other. The oscar is pretty good in the tank he really don't bother anybody but the electric blue johanni ( i think) picks on the oscar sometimes. Whoever wrote that those 2 little ones in the last picture were clombian sharks i was told that they were siamese iredencent shark catfish and they only grow to 4 to 5 inches big! all those fish that I have pics of on here were givin to me when i bought the 55 gallon from someone I have a seperate 29 gallon tank with one mamma convict and about 30 fry i had 2 clown loaches 2 of those catfish i was talkin about and 2 juvinile black convict, and a red tailed black shark and they all got a long no fighting at all. but I moved all of those into the 55 gallon so the fry wouldn't get ate because mamma had all the fish in one corner of the tank. Ever since I moved them all the red tailed black shark disappeared but all the others are getting along

[GirlieGirl8521]

You shouldn't mix African cichlids with other types of cichlids. It doesn't matter how they get along, they have different requirements.

[KingOfTheDeep]

I also have black convicts and they are african cichlids

convicts are NOT african cichlids...


and no matter how good theget along, they have different needs, you will run into health problems if these fish are kept together

PLUS, the oscar will outgrow that tank within a year, a 55 is big enough to house ONE oscar, and nothing else

a 75 is the minimum, but a 55 gal for ONE oscar will do..

you should really bring the other fsh back if you have no plans to properly house them

[rodinia]

Must be frank here but, if your screen name is "i love cichlids", shouldn't you then be obliged to treat them according to their needs simply out of principal? At the very least, love them enough to know their species name and environmental requirements before bringing them home and dropping them into a tank?

The fish you're keeping simply put are not compatible on any level.

Also, typically, mother cichlids won't eat their fry and they keep them in a corner for security reasons. Also, the father helps raise the brood.

Don't mean to sound harsh but, get a book. It's cheaper than losing fish.

[blackwolfXKAV]

with the columbians, i'm sorry to say.....

http://fishquest.proboards80.com/index.cgi?board=saltprofiles&action=display&thread=1170728707

[D-Man]

the blue one 3rd from botton is a peacock

[D-Man]

wrong forum i think

[.:angel:.]

first one is deffinatley an oscar

[Evan214]

the first is an ALBINO TIGER OSCAr

[FISHLORD_8]

yup, the one before last is a jellybean, i own a few

[kyriele]

The odd thing about jellybeans (and that one is undyed) is that they're almost like a dwarf balloon pink convict. They have the exact same breeding style (prolific!) and same temperament. They are said to be bred from pink convict fathers and blood parrot mothers. Odd thing is though that half the babies will look like regular cons and the other half look like the jelly you see posted. They don't end up looking much like parrots at all. A lot of people now believe they are simply a dwarf balloon convict...not so much a hybrid like the parrot, but simply a mutation that's being bred like to like.

All that being said...I agree with everyone who is posting NOT to keep the Africans in with any other cichlid than Africans. They don't like the same water parameters and...(not to offend either side of the fence!)...but the Africans tend to be a little too aggressive for the SA's. Oh..and rule of thumb for Oscars? 55 gallon tank = 1 Oscar only.