DanR
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New to keeping fish other than guppies, is this a dwarf Cichlid?
Hi all,
I've JUST started keeping fish again after a 20 year hiatus, and even then the only thing I kept were live bearers like mollies and guppies.
Tonight I bought a used 10 gal tank to be used as my quarantine tank for new fish I will be adding to my 55 gal main tank, which contains 2 clown loaches, 1 yoyo loach, 2 red tail sharks and a random black neon (they came with the 55 gal tank).
Anyhow, the 10 gal tank I bought tonight included a couple of fish as well, a nice 4 inch Pleco that will be gladly re-homed to the new tank, a sword tail molly, which I know tend to chase fish all over and finally, THIS guy:
Now the people I bought the tank off of know nothing about fish or what species they had in the tank but they did tell me they had 2 fish completely vanish from the tank and they suspect that one of the 3 remaining fish killed them.
I've never kept Cichlids but I am pretty sure this grey fella is dwarf chichlid of some kind, am I correct? Someone at a pet shop recently told me that dwarfs Cichlids can be added to a community tank with no issues but now I'm scared this dude is going to take out some of the new peaceful fish I plan on picking up this weekend to add to quarantine.
Can anyone help me ID this little guy and confirm whether or not this guy is my death dealer? Pretty sure it's not the sword tail lol! I asked what the other two fish were and was told "We don't know but they were really pretty". I'm assuming a couple of guppies but no idea.
Thanks!
Dan
Hi all,
I've JUST started keeping fish again after a 20 year hiatus, and even then the only thing I kept were live bearers like mollies and guppies.
Tonight I bought a used 10 gal tank to be used as my quarantine tank for new fish I will be adding to my 55 gal main tank, which contains 2 clown loaches, 1 yoyo loach, 2 red tail sharks and a random black neon (they came with the 55 gal tank).
Anyhow, the 10 gal tank I bought tonight included a couple of fish as well, a nice 4 inch Pleco that will be gladly re-homed to the new tank, a sword tail molly, which I know tend to chase fish all over and finally, THIS guy:
Now the people I bought the tank off of know nothing about fish or what species they had in the tank but they did tell me they had 2 fish completely vanish from the tank and they suspect that one of the 3 remaining fish killed them.
I've never kept Cichlids but I am pretty sure this grey fella is dwarf chichlid of some kind, am I correct? Someone at a pet shop recently told me that dwarfs Cichlids can be added to a community tank with no issues but now I'm scared this dude is going to take out some of the new peaceful fish I plan on picking up this weekend to add to quarantine.
Can anyone help me ID this little guy and confirm whether or not this guy is my death dealer? Pretty sure it's not the sword tail lol! I asked what the other two fish were and was told "We don't know but they were really pretty". I'm assuming a couple of guppies but no idea.
Thanks!
Dan