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	Is this a Convict ?
spekbelly Small Fry Posts: 0 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Oct-2009	I bought this labled a convict. is that what it is or is it something else? *Attached Image:*
Posted 20-Oct-2009 18:04
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spekbelly Small Fry Posts: 0 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Oct-2009	Edited 20-Oct-2009 18:09 Here is another pic *Attached Image:*
Posted 20-Oct-2009 18:07
Delenn Hobbyist Posts: 139 Kudos: 63 Votes: 10 Registered: 07-Sep-2009	I don't know, did he escape from prison? Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyway, I've never heard of this fish, so I couldn't tell you, sorry.
Posted 21-Oct-2009 09:04
TW Fish Master * * Fish Slave * * Posts: 1947 Kudos: 278 Votes: 338 Registered: 14-Jan-2006	Edited 22-Oct-2009 03:03 This might help http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/list.php?term=convict Could it be the 2nd one on the list? Hard to tell. Looks close, but at the same time, still a bit too different http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/freshwater/Cichlids/Cryptoheros_sp___honduran_red_point_/ Cheers TW
Posted 22-Oct-2009 03:01
Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	It does not look like a convict to me. Convicts have black vertical stripes most of the length of their body. The pictures aren't big enough to tell for sure, but it looks like a flower horn to me.
Posted 22-Oct-2009 06:28
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	nah, from what I can tell, that's a convict. a bigger pic would help tell for sure but I'm about 99% sure.
Posted 02-Nov-2009 19:16
itsjustme1966 Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 36 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Mar-2008	no way! no 100% convict, morph of some kind/convict. Convicts have vertical stripes as mentioned, dont see any here. Hes either big time stressed or unhappy in the tank to hold them out.
Posted 09-Nov-2009 06:41
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	i'm tellin you, it's a convict. unless i'm seeing things it looks like there's some orange on the belly in the second pic which would make it female.
Posted 13-Nov-2009 04:03


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