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[newfish]

I bought 5 african cichlids about 2months ago, and my to blue ones died so I have a dark blue one with black stripes and yellow fins, and 2 orange ones with faded black stripes, I am wondering what there species are,here is a pic of the blue one that has died, the orang ones look exactly the same but they are orange, and the dark blue onelooks the same but is darker blue with yellow fins,
thanks shane


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[number6]

Your photo, and descriptions make an accurate id a bit difficult. The picture shows a mbuna, likely one of the metriaclima types.

Often, these unidentified mbuna are hybrids as well, so often a perfect id is not easy to come by and in the end, is meaningless.
I would simply describe your fish as common aggressive mbuna.
Hope this helps.
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[newfish]

thank you for your reply, it helps a lot, I asked becouse I wanted to no what other species of fish I could put in there, so now I guess my question is, what other fish will get along with 3 mbunas in a 29 gallon with sand and caves and plants?
thank you,
shane!
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[number6]