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Profile:
Distribution :
Lake Malawi
Size
: Up to 7 inches
Temperature
: 22 to 29 0 C (higher temperature for breeding)
PH
: 7.7 to 8.6
Hardness
: (Medium hard to hard, moderately alkaline water).
Diet
: Flake, freeze fried & frozen and pellet food.
Breeding
: Open polygamous, mouth brooder.
Sexual
Difference : Males are colourful and bigger. Female are
generally very drab, silver with dark vertical bars.
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Description:
These
fishes inhabit open water or in region where there are sandy areas.
They are generally micro predators. However, fish under aquarium
condition can quickly accept pellet foods, freeze dried shrimps,
blood worms etc.
Due
to their aggressiveness and size, a large aquarium (in excess of 100
Gal) is best to keep a few species. Males of similar colour will
often battle to death.
 Blue
Peacock.
One
of the most
aggressive peacocks that can survive the harassment of the zebras and
haplochromis. It is shinny blue with long fins. A beautiful fish. It has
many a times hold its turf against the Venustus
and even the Green Terror.
Likes : Beautiful and
independent.
Dislikes
: None.
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