Haplochromis sp. All Red
- Common name: Unknown
- Location and Lake collected from: Lake Edward, Lake Nawampasa, and Lake Victoria on the Ugandan side.
- Approximate size: 6 inches
- Food: They are not a picky eater and will eat flake, brine shrimp, daphnia, mosquito larvae and pellet foods.
- pH: 7.5 – 8.3
- Temperature: 75 – 82 degrees F.
- Breeding behavior: Mouthbrooder. My Lake Edward All Red males get very aggressive and only 1 male per tank is recommended. Also recommended is to have 3 or more females for each male. They like to have rocks and plants to hide in. Females brood for 12 – 18 days with a brood size of around 60 – 70 fry for a 5.5-inch female.
- Care of the Fry: The fry can eat crushed flake food, baby brine shrimp, and other small foods. They do well with several small feedings a day. Newly released fry are not picky about their water conditions. Most spawns can be kept in a 30 – 40 gallon tank up to an inch in size.
- Tankmates: I have some of mine in with Cynotilapia afra “Black Eastern”. I have seen the Haplochromis sp. All Red from Lake Nawampasa kept with Pundamilia nyererei, and Paralabidochromis chromogynos from Zue Island. I have seen the Haplochromis sp. All Red from Lake Edward in with Neochromis rufocaudalis (nigricans) and Astatotilapia sp. Tricolor Fulu Uganda. I have seen people attempt to keep them with Lipochromis parvidens without much success.
- Tank size: I had 1 male and 3 females in a 40 gallon cube (24x24x18) aquarium.
- Additional notes: You can distinguish between Lake Edward All Reds and Lake Nawampasa All Reds by looking at the male coloration. The Lake Edward All Reds have a mostly red body, a black stripe down through the eye, and a black spot at the base of the tale. The Lake Nawampasa All Reds have a light greenish-yellow body with black stripes on the lower two-thirds of the body, and a red top portion of the body from nose to tail (the red coloration is similar to a Pundamilia nyererei), and a black stripe down through the eye. The females look very similar to each other. The coloration for the All Red from Uganda ranges from a red patch behind the gills with a blue dorsal fin, to a complete redfish from nose to tail with a blue dorsal fin.
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