Colour ID A. cacatuoides please

[Corine]

Hi there, new member, new to cichlids. I bought a pair in the LFS, they were sold as red, but can someone do a colour ID? His colour is a bit more orange than red and he has colour in dorsal, caudal and anal fin, and from what I've been able to find that means he's triple red.

I'm giving a link because that makes it easier to see than the 200x200 pictures:

http://corinejudkins.googlepages.com/2008_0429_newfish_0040.JPG

 

[Mike Wise]

In my opinion it is a lesser quality double red cacatuoides. The LFS was very honest by calling it a (single) red. Good double reds have a good part of the dorsal fin with red ocelli surround by black; triple reds will have the same on the anal fin. Cockatoos without the black, but solid orange-red fins are called Orange Flash.

 

[Corine]

In my opinion it is a lesser quality double red cacatuoides. The LFS was very honest by calling it a (single) red. Good double reds have a good part of the dorsal fin with red ocelli surround by black; triple reds will have the same on the anal fin. Cockatoos without the black, but solid orange-red fins are called Orange Flash.

Thanks ever so much! I thought it was strange that he was called red when he's mostly orange (even his body is orangey), but that's usual then in badly coloured boys (poor George, he really is emulating his name sake)?