The Malawi Blue Cichlid is a fish that gets up to 15cm (6 inches) in length and lives in Lake Malawi, East Africa. The length of the aquarium should be 90cm (36 inches) or more and the water temperature between 22 and 25C (72 to 77F). He enjoys eating insects, worms, plant matter, crustaceans and dried food.This is a high backed, squat Cichlid that has a bulging forehead, thick lips and a short caudal peduncle. Taking a look at this fish you will see pointed and elongated anal and dorsal fins.
The Malawi Blue Cichlid goes through a number of color phases, with the most common one being a pale blue, with 7 or 8 transverse bars that are blue/black. The ventral, caudal and dorsal fins are all blue.
Another of the color phases that this fish goes through is a blue that doesn’t have the transverse bars I mentioned before. In other cases, the color is white. Another example of a color phase for the female is the blue/white one, with brown, orange or black markings.
Quite the aggressive fish, the Malawi Blue Cichlid will do well when in a shoal. Just make sure you put some roots and rocks inside the aquarium, so they can hide behind them. If the plants you put inside are robust enough, they will probably be OK with the Cichlids.
This fish should be kept in an aquarium together with others from the same species. If you do want to put other types of fish in the same aquarium make sure they have the same type of temperament. Still, make sure you supervise them, to make sure they’re getting along. Smaller fish should be kept out of the tank, as they will get eaten by the Cichlids.
The female and the male will spawn at the aquarium’s bottom. The incubation for the small number of eggs takes between 22 and 24 days
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