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[BlueIce]

 

[Gill]

He is So Awesome, Wow His Colors are WOW.

I can really see the Flowerhorn and Trimac showing now

 

[cometcattle]

Great pics, Blue Ice.

 

[rvm]

The colours on that first sev are amazing!!

 

[BlueIce]

thanks

The first pic is Heros sp.'rotkeil /redhead' and it's a male .

 

[Dwarfs]

Great pics as always

 

[spAcE mOnkEy]

WHOA! what is that last fish?? hes really nice. what size tank do they need?
nice fish!

 

[mwm]

Nice fish

 

[BlueIce]

WHOA! what is that last fish?? hes really nice. what size tank do they need?
nice fish!

Scientific Name : "Cichlasoma" (Copora) nicaraguensis

Synonyms : Heros balteatus, Cichlasoma spilotum

Common Name : Parrot, Nicaraguan Cichlid, Moga (native name).

Other Species In Genus : Too Numerous to Name.

Could Be Confused With : "Cichlasoma" (Theraps) nebuliferum

Size - Male : 250 mm Total Length Female : 200 mm Total Length

pH : 7 - 8 Hardness : 5 Dh Temp. Range : 24 - 28°C (75 - 83ºF)

Care : Easy to keep and breed once a pair have been established. Cave work recommended as fish usually spawn between two rocks. Plants kept to a minimum as these fish are basically vegetarian.

Diet : Vegetable pellets, Invertebrates (brine shrimp), not fussy eaters.

Specific Disease Problems : None

Temperament : Aggressive to Conspecifics

Sexual Differences : Males are bigger with longer dorsal and anal fins. Females have pronounced red colour on abdomen on maturity and are more colourful than males.

Breeding : Reasonably easy. Females will entice males to a spawning site then lay eggs loosely in a pit in sand or gravel. If other females present they will deposit all eggs together and guard them in a gang. Eggs are large (2mm). Fry are free swimming after twelve days. Feed on brine shrimp nauplii then crushed flake.



General Comments : a beautifully coloured cichlid with a blue green head and back and red-gold in males to bright gold body in females. Females keep black lateral line with black triangular spot right in the middle. The males lose line and spot. Females can get more colourful. Young fish do not show colour until they reach 80mm until then they are very nondescript.