Red Empress Cichlids
The average red empress cichlid size is between 4 5 and 6 inches in length which is reasonably large.
Red empress cichlids. Red empress cichlids are omnivores so their diet regimen should consist of meats and vegetables. For a majority of the feedings they should be fed a staple food consisting of either flakes or pellets. It is noteworthy that they are considered by many as one of the less aggressive cichlids.
Sediment free rocky habitat diet. When spawning a male will show higher levels of aggression towards other male red empress and closely related species. This cichlid gets to around 4 5 inches maybe slightly large as adults.
This time the focus is on the super red empress protomelas taeniolatus. It can grow around 5 6 inches 13 15 cm in length and will sometimes get larger in the aquarium. Aquarium line bred strain of the namalenje variety habitat.
It s hard to find an ob with such a myriad of colors. Episode 8 in my juviehapnation series. Protomelas taeniolatus x a truly beautiful hybrid.
5 6 compatibility. They should be fed twice per day for a total of 14 feedings per week. Like like love haha wow sad angry scientific name.
A beautiful and popular hybrid. A 55 gallon with lots of rock cover would be a very good setup to start with. Fish in captivity however usually stay on the smaller end of the size spectrum.
Males have blue heads and bodies with combinations of yellows reds and oranges. For the other feedings they should be fed special foods. The red empress or spindle hap has a body shape that is similar to the peacock cichlids only deeper and the forehead is a little higher.
Protomelas taeniolatus red common name s. Other compatible species are the lemon jake peacock the blue dolphin and the electric blue ahli. Their tail fins can develop beautiful red and blue spotted coloring.
Super red empress geo. The red empress cichlids are quite popular because of the male s rainbow like colors. The result of crossing a male red empress with a female ob peacock and then back crossing with a red empress.
Red empress cichlids are mildly aggressive and can be kept in a tank other haps peacocks or mildly aggressive mbuna. The red empress also has a forked tail whereas the peacocks do not. The red empress cichlid protomelas taeniolatus is also known as the spindle hap or the red empress.
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