Aurora
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Scientific Name: Pseudotropheus Aurora Price: Upon Request Origin: Lake Malawi Family: Cichlidae NOT AVAILABLE NOW |
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Other Names: Aurora Cichlid, Maylandia aurora, Pseudotropheus aurora, Metriaclima aurora |
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Technical Info
Temperature: 24 - 26 ℃
pH: 7.5 - 8.5
GH: 12 - 30
Max size: 10 cm
Min Tank size: 200 Ltr
Position in Aqua: No special swimming level
Description
Males are blue with yellow throat, operculum, belly, dorsal fin and pelvic fins. Males may or may not exhibit darker blue bands along the body. The caudal fin may or may not exhibit yellow as well. Females are drab and range from tan to bluish gray, banded with no yellow coloration.
Food
Omnivorous, and prefer live food, they also take beef heart, Shrimp Mixes, and dry foods like flakes.
Breeding
Aurora are maternal mouthbrooders. During spawning females place their eggs on the substrate and then turn around to collect them. As they do so they peck at the egg dummies on the anal fin of the male, causing him to release his sperm and fertilise the eggs in her mouth.
Compatible with
Other Lake Malawi mbuna, catfish of the genus Synodontis.
Note
Should be maintained with a 1:4 or 2:7 ratio of males to females. Aggressive species.