|
For sale online at: 
Buy & receive at home! ->
|
 
|
|
Name: Herotilapia multispinosa |
|
Origin: Panama, Nicaragua |
|
|
Size |
Tank |
pH |
Temp |
|
10 cm |
100 L |
7.0 |
24°C |
Very good beginner cichlid. Breeds very easily, laying a large number of eggs on a clean rock. The fry are guided into pits where the parents guard them. They are extremely good parents, and sooo cute! I keep having trouble sexing them, the only diffrence I find is size! A fairly peaceful cichlid, it should not be mixed with overly aggressive companions. I haven't have had complaints from my other fish of bullying. One thing I must point out - these fish grow fast, thought not too big! As with all cichlids, make sure you have space.
Very hardy fish. Easy to breed, colour changes to black when mating and breeding. Great for beginner.
As far as Rainbows not bullying other fish, I offer another point of view. I know of one male that attacked a Synodontis nigrita almost to the point of death. Cichlids are very difficult to generalize, they all have individual 'personalities'.
I have a pair of Rainbow Cichlids sharing a 150 L aquarium with a pair of Convict Cichlids and a Sailfin Plec and they all live peacefully together. I feed them flake food, freeze-dried tubifex worms and frozen bloodworms once a week. These fish are very interesting and I'd recommend them to anyone who wants to keep small Cichlids.
I have pair of rainbow cichlids in 260 litre tank with only a pair of thick-lipped gouramis for company. The male cichlid spends the WHOLE day furiously chasing the female. He only stops when the lights go out or some bloodworms appear. Occasionally he diverts from attacking the female rainbow to having a go at the gouramis. The female (which is slightly larger than the male) looks very battered. Her tail is constantly getting torn and infected. Occasionally there is something that might pass for courtship - a sort of fluttering action that lasts a few seconds - before the chase carries on.
No registration necessary to contribute. Your privacy is respected: your e-mail is published only if you wish so. All submissions are reviewed before addition. Write based on your personal experiences, with no abbreviations, no chat lingo, and using proper punctuation and capitalization. Ready? Then send your comments!
