Red Top Ice Blue Cichlid
Pseudotropheus greshakei maylandia greshakei.
Red top ice blue cichlid. It inhabits the upper parts of rocky reefs usually adjacent to areas of open water in which it leaves the reef to feed on phytoplankton. They don t look like wild caught fish. Only possibilities are some sort of red top zebra or an afra jalo reef.
73 0 to 78 0 f. Growing to approximately 5 inches they prefer a rocky habitat that they can explore and defend. 4 5 inches.
Ice blue zebra cichlid william s mbuna red top ice blue. Anyways it is a red top zebra ice blue zebra could be a common name for them. Red top ice blue cichlid 3 52.
And no golden egg spots on their anal fins. Red top ice blue cichlid. Makokola and greshakei zebra.
Blood samples were collected from sixteen red top ice blue cichlids metriaclima greshakei an ornamental freshwater fish to describe a range of haematology and plasma chemistry parameters. Since this cichlid is fairly large in comparison with most tropical ornamental fish two independent blood samples were taken to assess a large range of. 13cm 5 inches.
Red top ice blue zebra william s mbuna. It was first described by meyer and foerster in 1984 as pseudotropheus greshakei and then several other common names evolved. A beautiful african cichlid from lake malawi it is recognisable by its bright red dorsal fin and ice blue body in mature specimens.
Red top ice blue zebra classification. Except they have no yellow at all on any fins. Keep one male to several female in a tank with other active mbuna cichlids taking care to avoid other species of.
Endemic to lake malawi. This cichlid may be found as william s mbuna ice blue zebra cichlid red top ice blue zebra red top cobalt ice blue malawi ice blue cichlid ice blue red top zebra pseudotropheus sp. If female may be hard to tell for certain unfortunately.
It is found only around makokola in the southeastern part of the lake. The problem is that most of the mass market ice blue sold are quite frankly poor quality and or minor hybrids. Average adult fish size.
Ice blue is the greshakei this one looks like a red top cobalt my 2 breeding females certainly look two tone ice blue or cobalt in color.
