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Johanni Cichlid Female

The johanni is one of the most beautiful cichlids available to the aquarist so far.

Johanni cichlid female. As with most other cichlids they are very intelligent and are incredibly interesting to watch. Its colour is particularly impressive when viewed under a marine glow blue light. The johanni males have light blue on a black background while the johanni females are orange.

Though still not a community tank specimen with fish other than cichlids they are some of the least aggressive of the melanochromis species. They are very easy to breed and the juveniles are easy to raise as well. They are classified as pseudotropheus johannii formerly melanochromis johannii.

They are very easy to breed and the juveniles are easy to raise as well. They are very similar to but a distinct species from pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos formerly melanochromis maingano. Johanni are african cichlids originating in lake malawi.

Though still not a community tank specimen with fish other than cichlids they are some of the least aggressive of the melanochromis species. She will not eat during this period and can be easily spotted by her distended mouth. Both the male and the female electric blue johanni are very attractive african cichlids and having opposite coloring makes keeping both sexes in the aquarium desirable.