Cookies seem to be disabled in your browser, therefore this website will NOT work properly! Please, consider enabling Cookies in order to maximise your user experience while browsing.
Recent discussions at Aqua-Fish+
  1. ja at Caring for Rainbow Sharks: Tank Setup, Behavior, and Maintenance Guide on
  2. ja at Comprehensive Guide to Clown Loach Care: Habitat, Diet, Behavior & Health on …display more of the recent discussions
  3. ja at Comprehensive Guide to White Cloud Mountain Minnow Care: Habitat, Diet, and Breeding on
  4. ja at A Comprehensive Guide to Aquarium Air Stones: Usage, Suppliers, and Product Images on
  5. ja at Comprehensive Guide to Caring for and Breeding Electric Blue Haps on
  6. ja at Complete Guide to Growing and Propagating Hygrophila Corymbosa in Aquariums on
  7. PondSealer at Maintainging a garden fish pond tasks on
  8. TheFishWorks at A guide on growing aquarium plants with FAQ, forum and species on
  9. Salviashaman at A guide on caring for Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus) on
  10. Salviashaman at How to Set Up a South American Blackwater Stream Biotope Aquarium: Fish, Plants, and Tank Setup on
Yellow lepturus cichlid - Buccochromis rhoadesii

Yellow lepturus cichlid - Buccochromis rhoadesii

Scientific name: Buccochromis rhoadesii

Common name: Yellow lepturus cichlid

Family: Cichlidae

Usual size in fish tanks: 33 - 35 cm (12.99 - 13.78 inch)

014

Recommended pH range for the species: 7.1 - 8.4

Recommended water hardness (dGH): 9 - 30°N (160.71 - 535.71ppm)

0°C 32°F30°C 86°F

Recommended temperature: 22 - 27 °C (71.6 - 80.6°F)

The way how these fish reproduce: Spawning

Where the species comes from: Africa

Temperament to its own species: peaceful

Temperament toward other fish species: aggressive to smaller

Usual place in the tank: Middle levels

Food and feeding

Yellow lepturus cichlid is a very voracious eater and will compete for food all of the time. It will accept shrimp pellets, cichlid pellets and quality flake. Include some spirulina flake in the diet to keep the fish well conditioned.

Origin

Africa; Yellow lepturus cichlids are endemic to Lake Malawi.

Sexing

When mature, the males will be larger than the females with a more intense colouration, especially at spawning time.

Breeding

Not a great deal is known about the breeding habits of Buccochromis rhoadesii, it is believed to follow the same mouth brooding pattern as other Malawi cichlids.

Lifespan

The expected life span for Yellow lepturus cichlid is 10-12 years.

Short description

Yellow lepturus cichlid is very active and requires a lot of swimming space. It tends to stay at mid level in the tank only going into the rocks when startled.Keep them in big aquariums along with African cichlids of similar sizes.

Pictures

Bought by aqua-fish.net from jjphoto.dk.Yellow lepturus cichlid picture 1 Yellow lepturus cichlid picture 2 Yellow lepturus cichlid picture 3 Yellow lepturus cichlid picture 4

Did you know?

Please, verify whether your login and password are valid. If you don't have an account here, register one free of charge, please. Click here to close this box.

You have been logged out successfully! This box will close automatically!

Something went wrong during processing your message, please try again!

Your message has been sent, thanks a lot!

Page has been saved, refresh it now, please!

The page has been created, you will now be redirected!

URL already exists!

Path to the photo is not unique!

Really delete this page from the database?

The page has been removed successfully, you will be redirected now!

The page couldn't be deleted!!

Unfortunately this page doesn't allow discussion. Please, find any other page that fits your area of interest as over 99% of our pages allow discussion. The reason why no discussion is allowed here is this page is too general. Thanks a lot for understanding! Click here to search, please!

Really delete this comment from the site?

Really delete this image from the site?

Really delete this image from the site?

Selected comment has been removed successfully!

Selected image has been removed successfully!

Either login or email address is required

Account has been recovered, please check your email for further instructions