Chanda ranga: Cyrtocara Ahli

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Cyrtocara Ahli

Breeding: Mouth-brooder. Easily breed. Keep one male Electric blue hap with 3-4 females. The female will brood for 2-3 weeks. You can tell if a female is brooding by her enlarged mouth and the fact that she isn’t eating. Fry accepts most kinds of food. Brooding females can be isolated for more productive breeding. It is recommendable to try to make the isolation as short as possible to avoid that the females loses their social status which may cause fights once they are returned. Stress might cause the females to eat eggs and fry. Some fry may survive in a community tank, however it is recommendable to move them too another tank