Neolamprologus
Leleupi "Yellow"
Thank you Cichlid Press and
Ad Konings for allowing me to use your pictures.
The top picture is of my male, the bottom picture you can see
the female poking her head out of her spawning cave.. This is another
great community fish as they are not really aggressive. I have had
Leleupi breed in the community but they are not a very aggressive parent
fish and I lost most of the fry. The color of this fish gets brighter
when breeding. This is a cave spawning fish, and the entrance to
the cave must be very small. They like to just be able to wiggle into the
opening.
Filtration: 1 - 30 gallon community tank. raising 3 of my juveniles
also raising 3 juveniles I just got.
Tank Temp; 78 to 82
Tank pH: 8.0
Fish size when adult - 4.5" (11 cm)
Breeding Information:
I have had several batches of fry from this pair of beautiful fish.
Like I have stated earlier they are not a very aggressive fish unless it
another Leleupi. When breeding this fish you should keep in mind
that even a breeding pair does not stay very close to each other.
This pair is breeding in a 20 gallon long tank, but I have a cave at each
end of the tank and rocks in the center. The male will help defend
the fry and the breeding area but he must have his own place. The
male and female will fight and they have been known to kill each other
even after spawning. Just be aware that the tank I am using to breed
these fish in so far is working out. I did not far so well with my
Dutch Orange Leleupi the male did kill the female after there fry started
coming out of the cave. Something else to keep in mind with Leleupi.
Older batches of fry will eat new batches so you must remove the older
fry before the female spawns again.
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