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    I have had this fish for about a month, but never really knew what it was.
    Last edited by beto; 08-18-2012, 01:44 PM.
    280g:peacocks
    210g : haps
    12g : shellies
    (4) 55g:breeding tanks

  • #2
    beto where did you get it?
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    • #3
      thinking possibly:

      Hypselecara temporalis (Emerald cichlid or chocolate cichlid)
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      • #4
        i got it in a trade as a throw in
        280g:peacocks
        210g : haps
        12g : shellies
        (4) 55g:breeding tanks

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        • #5
          i think thats what it is.
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          • #6
            Chocolate cichlid...ulgy when big IMO lol
            210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
            125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
            10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) haha

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            • #7
              thanks. once it hits 6", it's time to find a new home for it.
              280g:peacocks
              210g : haps
              12g : shellies
              (4) 55g:breeding tanks

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              • #8
                chocolate.jpeg
                yup it's a chocolate... i can help if you don't want...
                my fish house:
                2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
                6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
                29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
                45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers

                75g-
                2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
                125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
                and about a dozen bettas....

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by aggrocichlidfan View Post
                  Chocolate cichlid...ulgy when big IMO lol
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                  • #10
                    That is a chocolate Cichlid for sure
                    150 gallon - Mississippi map turtles, chocolate cichlids, red spotted severums

                    40 GB - Red Shoulder severums



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                    • #11
                      Beto you traded me one mean little chocolate cichlid lol.
                      150 gallon - Mississippi map turtles, chocolate cichlids, red spotted severums

                      40 GB - Red Shoulder severums



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                      • #12
                        he was mellow over here, but it was a bigger tank
                        280g:peacocks
                        210g : haps
                        12g : shellies
                        (4) 55g:breeding tanks

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                        • #13
                          True, lol it's just funny. He is smallest fish in my tank and trying to pick on my Severums. Hope he lasts but doesn't looks like it.
                          150 gallon - Mississippi map turtles, chocolate cichlids, red spotted severums

                          40 GB - Red Shoulder severums



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                          • #14
                            Oh god, hope that wasnt one of my babies! My chocs are really sweet and the adults are gorgeous ! Sevs can be snippy for sure!
                            Thanks so much,
                            Lydia
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                            • #15
                              yep, that little boogger came from you...lol
                              280g:peacocks
                              210g : haps
                              12g : shellies
                              (4) 55g:breeding tanks

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