{"id":477,"date":"2022-02-09T23:04:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2022-04-06T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:25:10","slug":"small-saltwater-fish-with-shining-scales-how-to-care-haplochromis-sp-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/small-saltwater-fish-with-shining-scales-how-to-care-haplochromis-sp-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Saltwater Fish With Shining Scales: How To Care Haplochromis sp. Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Haplochromis sp. Tomato&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/htomato5.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/htomato5.jpg (47171 bytes)\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 354px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 354\/644;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/htomato5.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/htomato5.jpg (47171 bytes)\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"tomato3.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tomato3_small.jpg\" alt=\"tomato3.jpg (37240 bytes)\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 141px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 141\/111;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tomato3_small.jpg\" alt=\"tomato3.jpg (37240 bytes)\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"tomato1.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tomato1_small.jpg\" alt=\"tomato1.jpg (31581 bytes)\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 161px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 161\/111;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tomato1_small.jpg\" alt=\"tomato1.jpg (31581 bytes)\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"tomato2.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tomato2_small.jpg\" alt=\"tomato2.jpg (39709 bytes)\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 121px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 121\/111;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tomato2_small.jpg\" alt=\"tomato2.jpg (39709 bytes)\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Common name:&nbsp; Tomato<\/em><\/li><li><em>Location and Lake collected from:&nbsp; Kome Island, Lake Victoria<\/em><\/li><li><em>Approximate size:&nbsp; 4.5 inches is the size of my Largest male.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Food:&nbsp; Will eat flake, brine shrimp, daphnia, and mosquito larvae.&nbsp; Their favorite has been the live foods.&nbsp; I have not tried pellet food with them.<\/em><\/li><li><em>pH:&nbsp; 7.5 &#8211; 8.3<\/em><\/li><li><em>Temperature:&nbsp; 76 &#8211; 82 degrees F.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Breeding behavior:&nbsp; Mouthbrooder.&nbsp; Males chase the females around spawning time.&nbsp; In my experience, multiple males can be housed in the same aquarium with a lot of rocks with no problems.&nbsp; The only time my males defend territory is around spawning time.&nbsp; One of my 2.5&#8243; females held for about 14 days and dropped 27 fry, another 2.5&#8243; female held for 16 days and dropped 14 fry.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Care of the Fry:&nbsp; Newly released fry can eat crushed flake food, baby brine shrimp, and other small foods.&nbsp; They should be given several small feedings per day.&nbsp; Spawns can be kept in a 20 &#8211; 30 gallon tank up to an inch in size.&nbsp; They are not picky about their water conditions.&nbsp; Males start to develop adult coloration at around 1.5 inches.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li><em>Tankmates:&nbsp; I have 1 male in with my Haplochromis sp. Palisa Black Slick.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Tank size:&nbsp; I keep 2 males and 4 females in a 30-gallon long aquarium.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haplochromis sp. Tomato&nbsp; Common name:&nbsp; Tomato Location and Lake collected from:&nbsp; Kome Island, Lake Victoria Approximate size:&nbsp; 4.5 inches is the size of my Largest male. Food:&nbsp; Will eat flake, brine shrimp, daphnia, and mosquito larvae.&nbsp; Their favorite has been the live foods.&nbsp; I have not tried pellet food with them. pH:&nbsp; 7.5 &#8211; 8.3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,30,17],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2214,"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions\/2214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaquariumexchange.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}