Seen these on a rehoming ad just wondered what they were?
Flag Cichilids possibly?
Can anyone ID these
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First one does look like a Mesonauta festivus, the flag Cichlid or Festivum Cichlid, the second I'm not so sure. @black ghost could probably tell you.
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They’re either one or two of the Mesonauta species, presumably the same species if they were bought together. Until recently there was only M. festivus, but now there are 6 and they’re very difficult to tell apart. I haven’t seen a definitive ID guide yet for them.
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Everything you’ll read about festivus (the accurate stuff anyway) applies to them all. They’re fairly peaceful for cichlids, similar to Angelfish in behaviour. They’ll eat fish that are small enough and thin enough to swallow, and they get about as big as yer hand, pretty much.
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Good rule of thumb thenblack ghost wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 22:45 pm Everything you’ll read about festivus (the accurate stuff anyway) applies to them all. They’re fairly peaceful for cichlids, similar to Angelfish in behaviour. They’ll eat fish that are small enough and thin enough to swallow, and they get about as big as yer hand, pretty much.
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Male sajica (T-bar). They are potentially hostile especially when breeding.
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They’re cichlids but I’m not sure which. They look like gold versions of Keyholes, if they exist.