The Malawi Golden Cichlid is a 11cm (4.3 inches) fish when it’s the male. The female can get to a length of 9cm (3.5 inches). It can be found in Lake Malawi, East Africa and it needs a 90cm (36 inches) tank to live in, with a water temperature of 22 to 25C (72 to 77F). He likes to eat dried food, crustaceans, plant matter, insects and worms.The sides are a bit depressed and the fish is a bit elongated. If you watch the caudal fin you will see that its end is a bit concave, with the anal and dorsal fins being rounded.
The female and the male Malawi Golden Cichlid are different, with the male having a dark brown color, with a band that is pale on the sides, running from the caudal peduncle to the forehead. The bases of the anal and caudal fins are darker, while the back is colored yellow. The color of the dorsal fin will be blue/turquoise.
As for the female, the main color is yellow (golden) and she has three bands that are black/brown, with yellow fins and red/orange dorsal fin tips.
This species of fish is an aggressive one, and it should be in a shoal, with plenty of roots and rocks inside the aquarium, so they can hide behind them. If you put plants that are more robust, they will probably not get attacked by the fish.
The best place to keep the Malawi Golden Cichlids is in an aquarium where there are fish from the same species. If you do put them together with fish of other species, make sure they have a similar temperament and they’re large enough. If you do combine species in the same aquarium, keep an eye on them to make sure they get along. If you put small fish in the same aquarium with a Malawi Golden Cichlid, they will probably get eaten.
The spawning process will happen at the bottom of the tank and it will take between 22 and 24 days for the eggs to incubate.
You should only keep this species if you’re experienced in keeping fish
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