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Profile
and Description of Central America Cichlids
PARACHROMIS
LOISELLEI
Profile:
Distribution :
Central America, Costa Rica, Nicaragua & Panama.
Size
: Up to 12 inches, females slightly smaller.
Temperature
: 230 to 29 0 C
PH
: 6.8 to 7.2.
Hardness
: Slightly hard to slightly alkaline water.
Diet
: Live food,
Small fish, Flake, freeze fried & frozen and pellet food.
Breeding
: Bi-parentally Custodial Open
Spawner. Parents normally cleans the spawning site dig a crater
after the eggs have been deposited on the spawning site, and move
the fry to the crater as soon as they emerge from the eggs.
Sexual
Difference :
Males are generally bigger with nochal hump when mature, female
are rounder.
Description:
One
of the more aggressive fish, they prefer aquarium with vegetation
and bog wood. The yellow body and black markings are striking
especially during breeding and the parents hovering over the fires
is a sight to behold. A aquarium of minimum 50 Gal. is a necessity
for them to thrive.
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other related topics :
African Cichlids
Central America Cichlids
South America Cichlids
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See
other profiles of Central America Cichlids
Vieja Bifasciatum
Vieja Argentea
Convict Cichlid
Cichlasoma Salvani
T. Meeki
Loisellei
Red Devil
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