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	Need help identifying 2 african cichlids
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Hi cichlid experts, time to test your knowledge ! Is the one in front a sulpherhead maylandi ? (tried to identify thru web research) The lighter one in the back a red empress ? The girl in the LFS said was a red empress but according to the pic in the fish identifier of this site, it looks nothing like ! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/DaFishMan/Malawis.jpg Thanks in advance for any help. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	fish in the back looks like either a juvenile male, or female red empress. I'm not sure at what size males start to color up. Jason
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
nano reefer Fish Addict Posts: 716 Kudos: 570 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	The back one is a red empress are you wanting to know both of them ??? or was its just the back one? What other fish have you got in your tank and how big is your tank???
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Hmm, I guess it IS a Red Empress ! It says they're pretty aggresive, this one seems pretty peaceful so far, it socializes with the other small cichlids quite well. That would be quite a color change to match the one in the site profile. Yes please do identify the one in front in case I'm wrong. It's in a 90 gal corner tank with... A 1 foot tiger oscar, scarlet kribensis, 4 line catfish (related to pictus only a bit smaller), and the (?) sulphurhead maylandi cihlid. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
RSCutiePie96 Fish Addict Posts: 826 Kudos: 514 Votes: 49 Registered: 13-Aug-2001	I used to have a Red Empress, and she was very peaceful. I wouldn't keep it with an Oscar, though.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	The Red Empress is larger than the other small cichlids in the tank, therefore should be safe. The majority of african cichlids can easily outswim and out-think oscars.. Just have to make sure they're not too aggressive for the oscar. (that's happened before) Any ID on the other cichlid yet ? The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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