Lombardoi
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Scientific Name: Pseudotropheus lombardoi Price: Upon Request Origin: Family: NOT AVAILABLE NOW |
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Other Names: Kenyi Cichlid, Maylandia lombardoi, Kenyii, Mbuna, Metriaclima lombardoi, Pseudotropheus liliancinius |
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Technical Info
Temperature: 24 - 28 ℃
pH: 8 - 8.5
GH: 12 - 25
Min Tank size: 100 Ltr
Position in Aqua: No special swimming level
Description
These fish are very cute as juveniles, displaying blue and white vertical bars. As a result, this fish is easily sold to beginners, and consequently, is almost always available in local fish shops. Males turn a gorgeous orange, while females retain their original blue and white bar morphology, although the blue turns a very dark blue, almost black. Pseudotropheus lombardoi female. An intersting note is that when mouthbrooding, females will assume the coloration of males.
Food
Herbivore-Pellet Foods, Flake Foods, Live Foods. Feed with vegetable flakes, algae, and small fish. Do not clean the algae from the back and side glass as this forms a large part of Pseudotropheus lombardoi's diet.
Breeding
A single male should be kept with several females. Like most Mbuna Cichlids, this species is a maternal mouthbrooder. When breeding, females hold the eggs and fry in their mouths for a few weeks before releasing the free-swimming fry. When alarmed, the fry regain entry to the female's mouth by direct contact.
Compatible with
Mbuna Cichlids such as the Auratus, Cobalt Blue, Johanni, Pindani, Red Zebra, Tropheops. Also synodontis catfish. Too aggressive for Haplochromis and Peacock Cichlids. Other fairly aggressive unrelated species such as New World cichlids and barbs, may be ignored.
Note
Under stress the female may become so pale as to be confused with the male.