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Red zebra cichlid female12/27/2023 ![]() Vacuum substrate every 2 weeks, move the rock structures at least once a month, possibly with each substrate cleaning, as this will help to curb the territorial instincts of most Mbuna. Remember, as with most members of the Mbuna family, too much protien foods (meat) may cause them to “bloat”. Frozen foods like beef heart, hi-pro, daphnia, glass worms, plankton, and brine shrimp are also good choices. Live foods may include crickets, brine shrimp, meal worms, glass worms, and tubifex worms. Red Zebras are Omnivores, and do well with fresh spinach, peas, zucchini, and lettuce. Top, middle and bottom swimmers, their preferred tankmates may include other Mbuna or Malawi cichlids, and Synodontis catfishes (as bottom feeders). The males typically will have numerous (4-7) “egg spots”, while the female may show fewer (0-3) and less prominent “egg spots”.īreeding: Breeding these fish can be quite rewarding, as they are quite beautiful in their spawning and brooding rituals.Īdditional Information: A member of the Mbuna (or “Rock Dwelling” cichlid) family, their environment should be densely decorated with rocks and rock caves, fine gravel, fine gravel with crushed coral, or even sand for substrate, driftwood, Java Ferns, and Java Moss. While the smaller female, may not have any color variation, with the deep orange color extending out to the tips of her fins. The orange males are larger but often become pale on the lower sides of their bodies, and may even show a brilliant “freckling” of spots along the dorsal and tail fins. Sexing: The colorations of this fish differ from most of the Mbuna, as the females are typically the ones displaying the deeper and more brilliant colorations. African cichlid flake or pellt foods are good as a staple, but the diet should be supplimented with fresh green vegetables such as spinach, romaine lettuce, peas or zucchini. In this species, only the female carries the young, so if you see a fish with a mouthful of eggs, it must be a female. So if you have a fish that meticulously fawns over a rock, it is probably a male. Additionally, only males clean spawning sites. Should not have too much protein and should have no fat. Male red zebra cichlids are very combative and will chase away other fish, particularly other males. I cull these fish from my stock.Recommended Minimum Aquarium Capacity: 120 LitresĬompatibility: Combine with other Malawi mbuna speciesįeeding: Omnivorous but does better with vegetables. These guys are reverting back to the Tangerine colour. If there is anyone out there with these fish and can see what I am trying to say could you give me a hand here please? I now just say that the Males are more “boofy” looking in the head or conversely the females have a softer shape to their head. I say sadly because I have never been able to explain it well enough to others without having a male and female to show them the difference I have never relied on the egg spots and I don’t even look at them any more, sadly though the only way I can tell is by the shape of their head. ![]() Now I believe that they were called Bulu point Zebra by the people that bread them as a trade name. Later, when stocks of the fish were found at Minos reef they also started to do it with them but the stock from Metangula were so far advanced they decided to discontinue with the Minos reef stock. Table of Contents hide 1) 1 Eureka Red Peacock (Aulonocara jacobfreibergi Eureka) 2) 2 Ruby Red Peacock (Aulonocara sp. I later found out that the fish were line breed from the tangerine zebra P. Here are our top red African cichlid picks. Take the bottom curve from the B and you get a P. Well it then dawned on me that perhaps the name on the bag that had been smudged also and the fish was from another location. Some time had passed and I had sent these fish to Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane, they soon popped up in Adelaide.Īs I was preparing bags for sale one day I noticed the texta smudged and the fish name was a good one after smudging but it did not describe the fish. I even got the group that went to Malawi to check it out for me. I searched and searched for the answer and found nothing in maps regarding a Pulu point in Lake Malawi. I was beating my head against the wall for a while but eventually found that Pulu Point is actually in Lake Tanganyika where there are no Zebras. I then started to track them down and find the location in the lake. The Pulu Point Zebra came in a few years ago (Guess who bought them lol) and when they arrived one the bags were marked “PULU POINT ZEBRA” and the ink was smudged.
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