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Apistogramma hippolytae |
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Peaceful dwarfcichlid that can be kept in a community
aquarium together with other small peaceful fishes, but you
can better keep them in an aquarium that is set up
especially for dwarfcichlids. You can keep them as a couple
but is also possible to keep one male with 3-4 females.
Then the aquarium should be larger. Males defend a large
territory in which several females may guard their own
brood. The aquarium should be set up with stones,
driftwood and roots, and on the sides and background densely
planted, because they need hiding places. The substrate
should be dark to bring out the colours of this fish. You should feed them with a variety of small live food. Breeding is easy. Up to 200 eggs are laid and fertilized in a cave. The first days the female takes care of the fry and the male defends the territory. After 7 days the young fish leave the cave and the male also takes care of them. You can feed the young fishes with baby brine shrimp. |
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Uwe Römer |
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