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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Identification => Topic started by: Andy1987 on January 14, 2015, 09:58:09 PM

Title: what type of fish are these?
Post by: Andy1987 on January 14, 2015, 09:58:09 PM

Do anyone know what fish these are please

Title: Re: what type of fish are these?
Post by: Wild Rover on January 14, 2015, 11:26:40 PM

Hi Andy, not 100% but I believe them to be a Kribensis Cichlid and a Flowerhorn Cichlid :)

ps. It seems Flowerhorn's are about as incompatible with pretty much everything as you can get. Man made monsters!  :yikes:

Title: Re: what type of fish are these?
Post by: Sue on January 15, 2015, 11:16:30 AM

I agree with WR.

For more info see kribs (http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/pelvicachromis-pulcher/)

The serious fish data websites don't have flowerhorns as hybrids are not really approved of.




Is the krib in your 4 ft tank? The piece of wood in the photo looks like the wood in the tank in your other thread.

And please tell me you don't have a flowerhorn in there too..........

Title: Re: what type of fish are these?
Post by: Sue on January 15, 2015, 11:45:41 AM

If you read up on the krib to see if you have a male or female, you could try getting another of the opposite sex, though as some cichlids can be picky about choosing mates it isn't guaranteed to work.