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where did you get that fish from? i remember going to someone's house to buy a swordtails and he had a tankful of cichlids that he couldn't identify. i asked him about it and he said he got it from a fish association convention. kinda reminds me of your fish.. except he was breeding them and we both were clueless as to what it was.. just that it was from south or central america.. urs looks like a rift lake species tho.. hmm good luck!

I actually got him, a venustus, an ahli, ice top blue zebra, a yellow lab, german red, a bumblebee, and a johanni off craiglist for $30.00 they are all pretty big too
 
placido milomo is what he is...or big lipped hap or vc-10. I found out through a cichlid website. If he is male he will start to turn blue.
 
Nice fish.
 
Looks sort of like a jaguar cichlid but it has stripes not spots


Not all Jags are known to have spots. Some actually do have light stripes on them. My baby Jag is golden brown with stripes, but he is only 2" right now so I know the stripes will fade away a bit and he'll start spotting up a bit.
 
it's almost like a jag and a jewel mixed because of the spots on the fins. it's cool looking all the same.
 
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