Aquarium Care Guides
2881 articles- Champsochromis caeruleus Breeding GuideBreeding Champsochromis caeruleus, the Malawi Trout: a large open-water pursuit predator and maternal mouthbrooder spawned in a harem, brood
- Buccochromis rhoadesii Breeding GuideBreeding Buccochromis rhoadesii, a large piscivorous Lake Malawi hap; males build sloping sand bowers and the female mouthbroods the eggs.
- Nimbochromis polystigma Breeding GuideBreeding Nimbochromis polystigma, a piscivorous ambush hap from Lake Malawi that hunts by feigning death and broods its young for two to thr
- Placidochromis milomo Breeding GuideBreeding Placidochromis milomo, the thick-lipped Super VC-10 hap from Lake Malawi: thickened-lip feeding, sexing, harem spawning and three-w
- Placidochromis electra Breeding GuideBreeding Placidochromis electra, the Deep Water Hap from Lake Malawi: sexing, harem spawning, sand-pit display and three-week maternal mouth
- Protomelas spilonotus Breeding GuideBreeding Protomelas spilonotus, the Tanzania Sunset hap from Lake Malawi: sexing, harem spawning over sand, 24-40 eggs and roughly three-wee
- Protomelas fenestratus Breeding GuideBreeding Protomelas fenestratus, the Steveni Taiwan Reef hap from Lake Malawi: substrate-blowing diet, sexing, harem spawning, male pit disp
- Copadichromis trewavasae Breeding GuideHow to breed Copadichromis trewavasae, a small open-water utaka hap from Lake Malawi: utaka feeding, sexing, harem setup and three-week mate
- Copadichromis azureus Breeding GuideBreeding the Azure Cichlid (Copadichromis azureus): an open-water utaka planktivore with harem spawning and three-to-four-week mouthbrooding
- Copadichromis borleyi Breeding GuideBreeding the Kadango Red Fin (Copadichromis borleyi): an open-water utaka hap with harem spawning, egg-spot fertilisation and three-to-four-
- Aulonocara ethelwynnae Breeding GuideBreeding the Chitande Aulonocara (Aulonocara ethelwynnae): a small northern Lake Malawi sand-sifter with harem spawning, sexing and maternal
- Aulonocara maylandi Breeding GuideBreeding the Sulphur Head Peacock (Aulonocara maylandi): harem spawning, sexing, egg-spot fertilisation and up to four-week maternal mouthbr
- Aulonocara hansbaenschi Breeding GuideBreeding the Red Shoulder Peacock (Aulonocara hansbaenschi): harem spawning, sexing, sand-sifting feeding and up to four-week maternal mouth
- Aulonocara saulosi Breeding GuideBreeding the Greenface Peacock (Aulonocara saulosi): an eastern-shore Lake Malawi sand-forager and maternal mouthbrooder, with harem setup,
- Aulonocara korneliae Breeding GuideBreeding the Blue-Lipped Peacock (Aulonocara korneliae): a sand-foraging Chizumulu Island peacock that is a maternal mouthbrooder, with hare
- Aulonocara hueseri Breeding GuideBreeding the Husseri Peacock (Aulonocara hueseri): sand-dwelling peacock with harem spawning, egg-spot fertilisation and three-week mouthbro
- Labeotropheus trewavasae Breeding GuideBreeding Trewavas' Cichlid (Labeotropheus trewavasae): harem ratio, sexing, egg-spot spawning, ~21-day mouthbrooding and colour-form caution
- Labeotropheus fuelleborni Breeding GuideBreeding Fuelleborn's Cichlid (Labeotropheus fuelleborni): harem ratio, sexing OB females, conditioning, egg-spot spawning and 25-60 egg mat
- Genyochromis mento Breeding GuideBreeding the Malawi scale-eater Genyochromis mento: a maternal mouthbrooder that must be kept and spawned only in a dedicated single-species
- Petrotilapia tridentiger Breeding GuideHow to breed Petrotilapia tridentiger, a large Lake Malawi maternal mouthbrooder: harem setup, sexing, conditioning, egg-spot spawning and t
- Tropheops (Tropheops tropheops) Breeding GuideBreeding Tropheops tropheops: sexing, harem setup, the male's site-cleaning courtship, a 3-4 week mouthbrooding hold, fry care and keeping r
- Melanochromis chipokae Breeding GuideBreeding Melanochromis chipokae: colour sexing, harem setup, mouthbrooding of 20-40 eggs over three weeks, fry care and managing extreme agg
- Maingano (Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos) Breeding GuideBreeding Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos: sexing the look-alike sexes, harem setup, a 3-4 week mouthbrooding hold and rearing fry of this endang
- Johanni Cichlid (Melanochromis johannii) Breeding GuideBreeding Melanochromis johannii: sexing by colour (black-blue male, orange female), harem setup, a three-week mouthbrooding hold and rearing
- Cynotilapia zebroides Breeding GuideBreeding Cynotilapia zebroides: sexing the blue male, harem setup, maternal mouthbrooding held about 20-30 days, fry care and morph separati
- Dogtooth Cichlid (Cynotilapia afra) Breeding GuideBreeding Cynotilapia afra: sexing the blue male, harem setup, mouthbrooding of 15-30 eggs, fry care and keeping morphs separate to avoid hyb
- Flavus Mbuna (Pseudotropheus flavus) Breeding GuideBreeding Pseudotropheus flavus: sexing the colourful male, harem setup, mouthbrooding via anal-fin egg spots, a 3-4 week hold and raising fr
- Bumblebee Cichlid (Pseudotropheus crabro) Breeding GuideBreeding Pseudotropheus crabro: sexing the colour-changing bumblebee, harem setup, a three-week mouthbrooding hold yielding a small brood an
- Pindani / Socolofi (Pseudotropheus socolofi) Breeding GuideBreeding Pseudotropheus socolofi: sexing two similar sexes by egg spots and fins, harem setup, a 3-4 week mouthbrooding hold and rearing fry
- Hajomaylandi Cichlid (Maylandia hajomaylandi) Breeding GuideBreeding Maylandia hajomaylandi: sexing the blue male, harem setup, an 18-21 day mouthbrooding hold over a clutch of 15-30 eggs and raising
- Kenyi Cichlid (Maylandia lombardoi) Breeding GuideBreeding the Kenyi Maylandia lombardoi: reverse dichromatism sexing (yellow males, blue females), harem setup, mouthbrooding and rearing the
- Ice Blue Zebra (Maylandia greshakei) Breeding GuideHow to breed Maylandia greshakei: sexing the colourful male, harem setup, mouthbrooding behaviour, the 3-4 week holding period and raising t
- Pseudotropheus saulosi Breeding GuideBreeding the dwarf mbuna Pseudotropheus saulosi, a highly productive maternal mouthbrooder from Lake Malawi with strong colour-based sexual
- Neon Dwarf Gourami Breeding GuideBreeding the dwarf gourami (Trichogaster lalius), a bubble-nesting labyrinth fish in which the male builds a surface nest and tends the eggs
- Asian Bumblebee Catfish Breeding GuideWhy Pseudomystus siamensis is unreported as a breeder in the hobby; in nature it spawns at the onset of the wet season, with no documented a
- Sun Catfish Breeding GuideWhy Horabagrus brachysoma is unrecorded in the home aquarium and is instead reproduced through induced spawning in aquaculture and conservat
- Flagtail Catfish Breeding GuideBreeding Dianema urostriatum, a callichthyid bubble-nester that has spawned in aquaria when conditioned with live food and triggered by larg
- Zebra Otocinclus Breeding GuideWhat is known about breeding Otocinclus cocama: spawning has been achieved in aquaria but documented details are very limited, with tiny fry
- Spotted Raphael Catfish Breeding GuideWhy Agamyxis pectinifrons is not bred in home aquaria; the only reported reproduction is hormone-induced, with no documented natural aquariu
- Polka Dot Squeaker Breeding GuideWhy Synodontis angelicus is not bred in home aquaria; captive reproduction has occurred only via hormone injection, so trade stock is largel
- Cuckoo Catfish Breeding GuideHow Synodontis multipunctatus breeds as a brood parasite, slipping its eggs into mouthbrooding cichlid spawns so its fry hatch first and eat
- Featherfin Squeaker Breeding GuideWhy Synodontis eupterus is not bred in home aquaria and is instead propagated commercially through hormone-induced spawning on fish farms.
- Apistogramma trifasciata Breeding GuideSexing, harem structure and spawning of Apistogramma trifasciata, a South American dwarf cichlid that lays eggs in crevices and caves.
- Geophagus sveni Breeding GuideHow Geophagus sveni, a member of the G. surinamensis group, reproduces as a substrate-spawning, biparental mouthbrooding eartheater.
- Lamprologus Ocellatus Breeding GuideBreeding Lamprologus ocellatus: sexing by size, a shell-bed setup, eggs laid inside snail shells hatching in three days, and substrate-spawn
- Tropheus Moorii Breeding GuideBreeding Tropheus moorii: colony keeping, a strictly herbivorous bloat-safe diet, small clutches of large eggs and a 30-35 day mouthbrooding
- Livingston's Cichlid Breeding GuideBreeding Nimbochromis livingstonii: sexing by size and egg spots, polygynous spawning, maternal mouthbrooding of up to 100 eggs, and fry car
- Socolofi Cichlid Breeding GuideBreeding Chindongo socolofi: a sandy-rock harem setup, maternal mouthbrooding typical of mbuna, and rearing the fry of this powder-blue cich
- Auratus Cichlid Breeding GuideBreeding Melanochromis auratus: sexing by the dramatic male colour change, managing extreme aggression, maternal mouthbrooding and rearing t
- Cobalt Blue Zebra Breeding GuideBreeding Maylandia callainos: a rockwork harem, maternal mouthbrooding typical of mbuna, and rearing the free-swimming fry of this Lake Mala