Haplochromis sp. Half Crimson
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- Location and Lake collected from:
- Approximate size: 4 – 4.5 inches.
- Food: Mine ate everything I gave them without hesitation. They really liked the brine shrimp, and the mosquito larvae.
- pH: 7.5 – 8.4
- Temperature: 76 – 82 degrees F.
- Breeding behavior: Mouthbrooder. My males were very aggressive towards the females and chased every other fish away from their territory regardless of whether or not the females were ready to spawn. I was able to keep 2 males in the same tank as long as they both had a pile of rocks on their side of the tank. My females needed a lot of caves to hide in. Males start to show their adult coloration at around 1.5 inches.
- Tankmates: I kept mine with Psuedotropheus zebra “Chilumba”, Labidochromis caeruleus, Labidochromis sp. Hongi, Labidochromis sp. Perlmutt, Copadichromis borleyi “Red Fin Kadango”, and Psuedotropheus aurora without problems. They did better with a lot of tankmates that were the same size or slightly larger than they were.
- Tank size: I had 9 adults in a 40 gallon (24x24x18) aquarium.
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