Venustus Cichlid Female
The female venustus cichlid can carry between 60 and 120 eggs in her mouth for over a month and can even let the hatched fry stay in the mouth for around ten days.
Venustus cichlid female. Males will also get larger than females. Venustus are maternal mouthbrooders. As the eggs are ready to be spawned the female cichlids will release their eggs on level places such as rocks and stones.
Like most lake malawi cichlids the nimbochromis venustus is a mouthbrooder. Although the female can keep the eggs in her mouth for about two weeks you may have to incubate the eggs for thirteen days by removing. The female is less colourful with a duller yellow background behind a dark blotched pattern.
Wichid cichlid 2 187 views. Female nimbochromis venustus from super cichlids holding fry. Males certainly feature more colour when 5cms males feature a blue face with bright yellow markings across the head and dorsal fin.
Males will display the yellowish green yellow blaze and metallic blue colors while females remain yellow with brown patches. The venustus cichlids have a polygamous nature so the male will mate with many different females. The giraffe hap or venustus cichlid is sexually dimorphic.
