Labidochromis
"sp. Perlmutt"
Thank you Cichlid Press and
Ad Konings for allowing me to use your pictures.
This is a new fish for me, I got them from a local store (Chris and
Carol's living world pets in Kennewick, WA) they got them from Wet Thumb
Aquatics. (see links page) This fish is very much like the popular
Labidochromis Caeruleus "Lemon or Electric Yellow". In my opinion
this fish could pass for an albino of the lemon yellow. I don't have
any other information to give you at this time but I will update this page
as I learn. Please check my Lemon Yellow page for species information.
Tank Size: 30 gallon long
Tank Temp: 78 to 82
Tank pH: 8.0
Adult Size: 6" or 15 cm male and 4" or 10 cm female
Breeding information:
If these fish are anything like there Lemon Yellow cousins they will be
very prolific breeders. Sexing these fish is not very hard the males Pectoral
and Anal fins are solid black and the females are either solid white or
trimmed in black. The Dorsal fin on both males and females are trimmed
in black but the males have a wider and darker trim. It is tough
to tell them apart until they are around 2" to 2.5" long. These are
a mouth brooding Cichlid and should be kept in groups of 1 male to 3 or
more females. The reason for this is the male can be aggressive when
he wants to breed and the more females you have the more the aggression
is spread out. This way one poor female is not beat up and in some
cases killed by the male.
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