Brood sizes will usually be less than 20 fry, and 10-15 is most common. The female will take food into her mouth during the brooding cycle, however, it may be to feed her fry as much as it is to feed herself. The Malawi Cichlids are some of the most brilliantly colored fishes. Like their South American counterparts, there are also some African Cichlids that reach an impressive size, making great specimens for a large show tank. Once the spawn is complete, the female will hold the eggs in her mouth until the fry are able to swim and forage for themselves. Orange Flash OB Peacock African Cichlid (2-3 Inches) 24.99 19.99. The subdominant male will clamp his fins and lose his colour as a sign of submission.) After displaying for the female, he will attempt to lead her back to his spawning site by swimming away, but shaking his tail in a manner only seen during spawning.
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(Note if a male is shaking in the same way in front of another male, he is displaying his dominance. Once his breeding site is picked out and a female is ready to spawn, he will display by shaking in front of the female. This pit may be up against a large rock, or it may not. He may, or may not, dig a pit in the sand down to the aquarium bottom. The male will select a breeding site, it will usually be on the sandy bottom. Matriarchal in family structure, the female first lays up to 60 eggs, which she then. Red Top Black Bar Zebras are a maternal mouthbrooder. Zebra Cichlid: The Red Zebra African Cichlid, Metriaclima estherae. These Mbuna breed like rabbits, so if you provide many hiding places (many small rocks) in the aquarium, you’ll soon get an overcrowded aquarium.
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As they eat algae in nature, a vegetable diet with an additional protein snack (krill, mysis, artemia, chopped shrimp, … but NO animal meat!) every now and then is recommended. Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 1' to 2'. Omnivorous, the Red Zebra will enjoy all manner of flaked foods, live foods, algae, lettuce, spinach, and duckweed in its diet. A small group of 5 to 7 females and one male provide the best opportunity for breeding. The Red Top Black Bar Zebra Cichlid comes from Nakantenga Island in Lake Malawi, Africa.īreeding and feeding is quite similar to that of other Mbuna. The fry remain in the female's mouth for 12 to 18 days before being released.