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help please.... rainbow cichlid??

bumblebee odyssey

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my LFS sold me 2 'rainbow cichlid's' and now i'm finding they kinda dont egsist.... in my searches i found it looks like a Geophagus surinamensis but not too sure can any help on the issue and HOW big they really get???.... anyone heard of a rainbow cichlid???

on my search it looks nothing like a so called 'rainbow cichlid more like the above...
 

bumblebee odyssey

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now thats the problem....

they sold it to me as a 'rainbow cichlid' and it looks Nothing like any rainbow cichlid i've found on the net including your pic there..... it looks to me like a red horseface, but i'm not a proffessional by all means.... anything like this fish that can be mistaken as a horseface??
and now i am Really worried they are WAY to big for my tank in mature size...!!
 

bumblebee odyssey

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hmmmm......

orr....

i donno.... we think thats the closest we'v seen so far....

geoph_sp_riocuruma2.jpg
 

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I've found that common names vary as much as colors on fish. I'm no expert so if I can't verify the species from the research I've done and the LFS doesn't have them marked scientific names or can't tell me, I don't buy them. Kyle
 

bumblebee odyssey

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we worked it out

it seems to me and my partner that its a demon eartheater known by 3 sci names... Geo' junupari, Sat' Junupari .... i'm lost for the last one right now but will get back to you on it :)
thanks for your help tho guys muchly appreciated :)
 

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