Blue Neon African Cichlid

Its attractive appearance with bright blue or purple neon striping on a creamy orange body quickly led to its common names. It became popularly known as the blue neon neon cichlid and neon blue cichlid. The same can also be said in regards to heterospecific tank mates.

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They completely tolerate conspecifics and actually seem to be friendly with each other.

Blue neon african cichlid. While most cichlids have a robust look with many being very deep bodied this cichlid has a long slender streamlined form. The aulonocara stuartgranti chiwindi or blue neon peacock is a highly sought after peacock cichlid. This is a small elongated fish from lake tanganyika africa that only grows to about 4 inches at most.

Endemic to lake tanganyika blue neons are extremely peaceful and prefer to school together in groups of 8 10 without any problems. Males develop a metallic blue color on their face dorsal and anal fins. The blue neon a is possibly the least aggressive cichlid on the planet.

The blue neon cichlid paracyprichromis nigripinnis made quite a splash in the late 1980 s as a new cichlid introduction to hobbyists. This is one of the most unusual looking cichlids. This species of aulonocara is native to the waters of chiwindi and mozambique in lake malawi the undu reef strain is another popular strain of blue neon found in the hobby.