Managuense Cichlid
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Also known as the Jaguar Cichlid, is a beautifully marked cichlid. The adult requires an aquarium no smaller then 70 gallons. They require plenty of open swimming room, as well as places to hide. The bottom of the tank should be coarse gravel, without plants, as the Managuense Cichlid is a burrower and will tear up plants.
Although this cichlid is a predator, it can be housed with other large cichlids, but sometimes will not tolerate other cichlids that are similar in color.
Breeding in an aquarium is often difficult but Managuense Cichlids are excellent parents and form nuclear families. The female can spawn up to 5,000 yellow eggs.
Will eat most prepared and frozen foods including freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and ocean plankton, as well as flake food and Cichlid pellets. HABITAT: Managua and Nicaragua
Compatibility: New World Cichlids, some “Oddball fish”, Plecos, and scavenger Catfish.
Family: Cichlidae
Species: Cichlasoma managuense
Size: 12 in (30 cm)
Diet: Carnivorous
Temperament: Aggressive
TankConditions: 73-77°F; pH 7.0-7.8; dH
how can you tell a male from a female maneguenses
March 13th, 2007 at 3:27 pmThe males are more colorful with more black spots and expanded fins. The females are normally smaller and a strip of black patches from dorsal to tail. the picture above is a female,.
July 19th, 2007 at 6:49 pm