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Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Another Lake Tanganyika cichlid. This is the slowest-growing cichlid in the fishroom. It is a beautiful, fierce-looking fish, but it take patience. It also tends to hide between rocks. Bit of a fussy eater, prefers live or frozen fare.
Apistogramma borelli
Apistogramma borelli
Lived in the AA fishroom before.
A small cichlid from temperate South American waters in southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Males develop a distinguished high dorsal (back) fin. These pretty fish can be kept in unheated aquariums, as they will fare well at room temperate and slight seasonal variation. Unheated in winter does not seem to go great for them though.
Apistogramma sp.
Apistogramma sp.
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Which species this is, is not yet clear to us. Nor whether we have a pair or two males.
Lived in the AA fishroom before.
One of the prettiest small fish you can get. Usually always available. This is an aggressive little fish towards its conspecifics. Beware of 'sneaker males' who pretend to be female until they one day kill a rival male. This is a sand-filtering bottomdweller. Provide fine sand for it to sift through.
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Has been bred in the AA fishroom.
Maylandia pulpican is a cichlid from lake Malawi. Dominant male are a beautiful deep blue. This is a very aggressive fish. Two males will kill each other. Maternal mouthbrooders, will breed continuously. Note that these fish are vegetarians. Protein-rich food will harm them.
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Has been bred in the AA fishroom.
Hemichromis exsul is a species of dwarf cichlid endemic to Lake Turkana, on the border of Kenya and Ethiopia. It is a brilliantly coloured fish, pairing a bright orange body to blue fin tips. It requires warm, hard water to thrive. In our fishroom, they spawn continuously.
Lived in the AA fishroom before.
Slightly larger and less colourful cousin of the famous 'Ram' cichlid (M. ramirezi).
Lived in the AA fishroom before.
Has been spawned in the AA fishroom.
Another fan favourite. This is not the easiest fish to keep though. It does only thrive in clean, soft water. It is also picky when it comes to mating. Certainly an interesting breeding project. As the name says, this is an 'eartheater'. Sandy substrate recommended.
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Has been bred in the AA fishroom.
One of the shell-dwelling dwarf cichlids of Lake Tanganyika, the deepest and oldest of the East-African rift lakes. These fish display fascinating behaviour, are easy eaters, and do not need any intervention or encouragement to breed. Excellent parents.
Pelvicachromis pulcher
Pelvicachromis pulcher
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
The omnipresent, wonderfully colourful West-African dwarf cichlid. (Though they do get larger than apisto's.) Quite easy to breed, but impossible to get rid of the try, so don't raise too many.
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Angelfish - iconic South American cichlids, all-time aquarium favourite. More skittish than you would expect. Enjoys soft water, but adapts. In our fishroom we have wild-caught angelfish.
Currently in the AA fishroom (update 20 May 2024).
Has been bred in the AA fishroom.
Pundamilia nyererei is a colourful hard-water cichlid from Lake Victoria, on the border of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. That is - the males are colourful. The female are rather dull and grayish. In the fishroom, three females are kept with one male, and all female are constantly moothbrooding. They eat everything.
Wallaceochromis rubrolabiatus
Wallaceochromis rubrolabiatus
Lived in the AA fishroom before.
A really beautiful substrate-dwelling West-African cichlid. Proved challening to keep. Would love to get another chance.
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