Blue Neon Cichlid Female
Stripping a 3 5 female for fry.
Blue neon cichlid female. While most cichlids have a robust look with many being very deep bodied this cichlid has a long slender streamlined form. The female will gather the eggs into her mouth until the fry are ready to be released 3 4 weeks. The female cichlid will lay her eggs usually a clutch of 10 15 on a sub vertical surface mainly a rock or a cave wall the male will be in position to fertilize them.
Egg sacks are attached but they are free swimming. The blue neon cichlid paracyprichromis nigripinnis made quite a splash in the late 1980 s as a new cichlid introduction to hobbyists. Aulonocara stuartgranti adult size.
A highly prized malawi cichlid with a metallic blue face dorsal and anal fin. It s body develops a beautiful gold yellow color that runs from the gills and into the tail fin tank mate comp. Both the male and female of this very peaceful cichlid are gorgeous with the female being just a bit duller in color.
Mildly aggressive conspecific aggressive description. This is one of the most unusual looking cichlids. This is a small elongated fish from lake tanganyika africa that only grows to about 4 inches at most.