Haplochromis Nyererei


Thank you Cichlid Press  and Verduyn Cichlids for allowing me to use your pictures.

This is another very nice looking Lake Victoria Haplochromis.  The males have such bright colors but the poor females are so plain.  I guess we can't have everything.  Make sure your tank has lots of rocks and hiding places so the females can hide from the male.  Males tend to get a little aggressive towards the females.  On the good side they do not seem to be aggressive towards other fish.  It's not a good idea to have any real wimpy fish in with them but as far as I can tell they pretty much leave other species alone.  DO NOT have more then one Haplochromis species in the same tank as the males will fight and they will also cross breed with other females.  Please DO NOT allow this to happen it is becoming harder and harder to get these fish from the wild so it is up to breeders to keep this fish the way it came to us.  DO NOT cross breed or inbred your fish.  OK I will climb down from my soap box now.

Tank Size: 80 gallon long
Tank Temp: 78 to 82
Tank pH: 8.0
Adult Size: Male 5" or 12.5 cm / Female 3.5" or 8 cm

Breeding information:

Basic mouth brooder (see breeding page for mouth brooding information)  This fish as with many other Haplochromis as well as other mouth brooders should be kept in group of 1 male and 3 or more females.  Males have a tendency to get aggressive with the females when he wants to mate.  For this reason more females in the tank spreads out his attention.

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