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* puts on his dunce cap and heads for the corner *

I got overly excited about the buying fish yesterday that I wasnt watching what my guy was bagging. Though there was one Bolivian ram and One Keyhole Cichlid I totally dont know which is which. While one is hiding under a Bronze Crypt I did get a shot of the other and the more I look at the profile pictures the more confused I get, I think, well my guess was that this is the keyhole but the more I look at him the more I think he is the Bolivian, but the other one is very brown and mottled and doesnt look like either. And even the pictures in the profiles the two look the same and since they are currently both the same size I think that I am quite SOL on my own so here is the picture and thanks again for the help.

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this may help

bolivian ram
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_altisp.php

key hole cichlid looks like what you have posted up above
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile64.html

Well now that the other one is now out and about i find the keyhole pattern i am such the dunce

by the looks of the picture that is visable it is a bolivian not the keyhole. but thats just form the picture but i may be wrong

it's a bolivian ram

I've got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell!

Bolivian Ram! I have 2 and totally enjoy watching them color up pretty!! Keyholes tend to be a bit lighter, and have a noticeable spot on their side.

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

I think that's the ram because a keyhole's body shape is more rectanguler and they have a dark spot on their side.