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Profile
Distribution :
West Africa, Guinea & Liberia.
Size
: Up to 16 inches.
Temperature
: 22 to 29 0 C (higher temperature for breeding).
PH
: 8 to 9.0
Hardness
: Medium hard, moderately alkaline water.
Diet
: Anything, Flakes, freeze fried & frozen and pellet food, Live
Prawns etc.
Breeding
: Open Breeding, Substrate spawner.
Sexual
Difference: Very little difference between Male and
Female.
Bumble Bee Cichlid (Tilapia Buttikoferi)
grows at fast rate and is aggressive towards tank mates. Needs a
big tank to show full potential
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Description
A
fast growing and boisterous fish which easily outgrows itself in a
aquarium.
This
fish can easily grow from about 1 inch to about 6 inches in a
year and will eat anything. Not only it is able to
snatch most of the pellets during feeding time, it seemed to have an acute sense
and is able to sniff out all the food that are lying in between the rocks.
An aggressive fish, it has
dominated the tank and digs most of the time even though my tank bottom consists
of coral rocks. It will equally tear out the plastic plants. Although its colour
is quite drab, it seems to have a tinge of blue on its lips as it grew
older.
Likes : Grew at a fast
rate. Robust and eats a lot.
Dislikes : Aggressive.
See
other related topics
African Cichlids
Central American Cichlid
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Photo Gallery of Tank set-up
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South American Cichlid
Tank Photos on Community Cichlid Tank
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See
Profiles of other South American
Cichlids
Green Terror
Heros Notatus
Uaru Amphiacanthoides
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Profiles of other Central America
Cichlids
Amphilophus Citrinellus (Red Devil)
Archocentrus Nigrofasciatus (Convict cichlid)
Archocentrus Sajica
Blue Dempesy (Cichlasoma Octofasciatum)
Hypsophrs Nicaraguensis (nicaragua ciichlid)
Nandopsis Salvani
Parachromis Loisellei
Thorichthys Meeki (Firemouth cichlid)
Vieja Argentea
Vieja Bifasciatum (Red Head Monk)
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