Need an ID on this fish a friend is wanting to give me

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A. Nonymous

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A friend of mine says he bought what he was told was a "pike cichlid." He says it's extremely aggressive and kills anything in his tank other than a BN pl*co. I'm guessing this is probably because the pl*co is armored. Anyway, he's trying to get me to take this fish. I'm not sure what kind of fish it is other than that it's obviously a cichlid of some sort. I don't think it's one of the fish commonly labeled as a pike cichlid though. Here's a pic he sent me that was taken from a camera phone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattsauer/2604148999/

I currently have an empty 10g and an empty 5g. I've got a 20g that has few enough fish that I could easily move into the 10g. I don't know what kind of fish this is so I don't know how big it's going to get, dietary requirements, etc..... Can anyone ID him for me?
 

A. Nonymous

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I've not seen the fish in person so I have no idea what the fish really looks like. Could I potentially keep him as the only fish in the 20g?
 

ibr3ak

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I checked the profiles on cichlid forum and found a pic of an adult chipokae with that yellow on the fins, which is what I wasn't sure about:




Technically you can keep one in a 20 long not high, BUT it could grow to a little over 6", so I'm not sure how that'll work out.
 

A. Nonymous

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Yeah, my 20 is a 20l. I've got a 75g, but it's planted so putting him there would probably not be a good thing. I've also got a 55 that's currently occupied by a 6 inch dempsey. Technically there's probably room in there space wise, but I have a feeling it would get violent very quickly and the smaller guy would not survive.
 

BettaFishMommy

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i would not advise to keep a cichlid that can reach that size in a 20 gallon.
 

Pittbull

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I agree with Karl those Dempsey can not hang with most Mbuna.. especially this guy..
 
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