Please help me indentify this fish

[tys91]

thanks guys , i now know what they are , i have 2 month old fry 10 of these guys in my main tank atm with all my livebearers , my livebearers are going to be in a new tank which i will be posting up. My main tank will evenutaly be cichids evenutaly once they grow up!

[tys91]

You should post this on our fish profiles section.

Yeah i will do a full specie profile when i get time this week thx

[johnnymisty]

Thats a cool looking fish how big do they get

[tys91]

Thanks

8 inches long im pretty sure 10 max from what ive searched

[johnnymisty]

Wow ok well guess thats out for me then.

[tys91]

Hi all

I have made a mistake with my information, i read this site wrong http://cichlidresearch.com/parrot.html
The original parrot is a Hoplarchus psittacus i noted it was a hypsophry nicaraguensis which is NOT a original parrot fish


I must have gotten confused with a picture.Although it does look like a hypsophrys the owner i bought it off said it was a parrot fish but im not sure to go with that or not so i have got some pics together for you guys to compare them all between eachother.Looking at them though it is pretty obvious that it does look more infact like a hypsophrs nicaraguensis. But im open to all opinons on what it is this investigation is now OPEN again lol


So lets get into it .....





This is the owners parents i bought the fry off.

" suspected parrot fish "
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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis


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OR IS IT



Hoplarchus psittacus (original parrot fish)

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[troy tucker]

Tys, I think you are right. It Hypsophrys Nicaraguensis.
Very nice looking SA cichlid.

[tys91]

ok thanks troy
im pretty confident it is what i think it is, hypsophrys

[SunnyHouTX]

Tys, I think you are right. It Hypsophrys Nicaraguensis.
Very nice looking SA cichlid.

Agreed

[tys91]

Thanks guys
il be posting pics up in american cichlid area shortly

[jeb102385]

That a good looking fish. You should try to find a female and breed them

[tys91]

thanks
i have 10 babies
im sure there will be females in there , il just need to find another male from a different bloodline

[jeb102385]

Take the best male and female from the fry and breed them. You will get a couple really nice fry from them

[tys91]

yer iw ill try this , il be posting up somewhere soon

[Timshel]

Had a pair of these Nicaragua cichlids a while back...Awesome fish!