Enjoy and browse through 1000's of our specialized packages. *Additionally, Everything on our website is FREE Shipping with NO Minimum. We quarantine & treat all newly arrived fish and each fish is thoroughly inspected and spot fed to ensure they are actively eating and disease free. At sexual maturity, the males will be more red than orange and if you feed them a good, color enhancing food, and provide the proper environment, you can get. in harem spawners, number of females to males. We specialize in providing top quality cichlids and rare tropical fish to hobbyist across the country. But yes, particulally whenthey first start breeding, most cichlids will eat their own fry. Nori seaweed can also be offered.Ībout Us: YourFishStore takes great pride and care in all livestock shipped out. In the wild most of the Mbuna cichlids eat algae that grow on the rocky reefs in the lake. Description Care Maylandia estherae has a lake wide distribution and prefers rocky habitats with dense biofilm cover. The Mbuna cichlids should be given dry food (flake, pellets, or algae wafers) that has spirulina. Dried foods, plant matter, frozen foods and every so often meaty foods and live foods such as earth worms are good to feed. They are relatively easy to care for, feeding mainly on herbivorous diets although they are omnivores. Most Malawian cichlids will eat frozen brine shrimp and dry foods. Another thing to keep in mind is they are diggers and are always piling up substrate/sand. Most live aquarium plants do not do well in an aquarium with Malawian cichlids, because of the high pH and the fact that many of them like to eat vegetable matter. Plastic plants can be added if so desired. The aquarium should be decorated with lots of rocks, and have plenty of caves for the fish to hide. Aquarium should have coral or aragonite sand to help maintain a high pH. Most tap water will require some type of alkaline buffer additive to keep the pH up. In the aquarium it is recommended that a pH no lower than 7.8 is maintained in order to keep these fish healthy. The pH in the lake can range from 7.8 to 8.6. Lake Malawi has a very high mineral content. Most African cichlids in the hobby today come from lake Malawi. It is one of the lakes in Africa that is known for it's diverse and endemic cichlid population, and unique water chemistry. Malawian and Victorian cichlids are similar in care and temperament, leading to fish from these two lakes being grouped together in the hobby. Malawi was created by the continent of Africa pulling apart. The Red Top Zebra (Metriaclima pyrsonotos) has a powder blue color, and an orange-red dorsal and tail, and they may show bars depending on mood. Malawi is one of the great rift lakes of Africa. Malawian fish come from Lake Malawi in Africa. Stay Up-To-Date With Our Daily Arrivals and Weekly Specials. Picture of OB Red Zebra cichlid - Maylandia estherae.Menu Account Fish Wishlist ( 0) Cart YourFishStore Points Some fry may survive in a community tank. Stress might cause the females to eat eggs and fry. Afterward, the mother, Female blue Zebra Cichlid, holds larvae in her mouth for around 21 to 30 days or an extended period of time. Then, Male Blue Zebra Cichlids fertilize them by releasing milt (semen of a male fish). It is recommendable to try to make the isolation as short as possible to avoid that the females loses their social status which may cause fights once they are returned. The female Blue Zebra Cichlid lays eggs and safely places them into the rock, a decided spawning site by the male. Brooding females can be isolated for more productive breeding. Fry accepts most kinds of food however vegetables should be the stable diet. You can tell if a female is brooding by her enlarged mouth and the fact that she isn’t eating. The female will brood for approximately 3 weeks and cares ofr the fry approximately one week after they first leave her mouth. Don’t use roots in your aquarium since they lower PH levels.īreeding: Mouth-brooder. Requires stone formations that allow the fish good hiding places (one per fish) and free areas to swim on. Overstocking the aquarium may help to suppress the worst aggression. They will accept anything, but to keep their colors strong, feed New Life Spectrum, Cyclops, Spirulina, or any other high quality herbivorous cichlid flake or. Water parameters: pH 7.5-8.5, temperature 24-28☌ / 75-82° FĪquarium setup: Keep one male to 3-4 females. Red Zebra - Maylandia estherae Red Zebra - Maylandia estheraeĬommon Names: Cherry Red Cichlid, Red Zebraįamily: Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: PseudocrenilabrinaeĬlass: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)Ĭompany: Can be kept with other species with the same temperament.
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