As most of you know my main interested lies in the various catfish inhabiting the rivers of South America. I have however strayed away from these with my latest additions to the collection in the form of a young beautiful pair (hopefully) of the West – African dwarf cichlid; Pelvicachromis taeniatus “Nigerian Red”. This is one of many colour forms of Pelvicachromis taeniatus and a truly stunning fish.
The pair was acquired from my good friend Bart at Rainbow Aquatics in Dublin where they were bred in store and are as Rainbow Aquatics's
other fish of superb quality.
For the moment they will be kept in a 125 litre community
tank, pH 7, 24°C. The tank is shared with guppies and Corydoras and the plan is to do this tank up as a nice community setup, but who knows I might eventually go for a full West – African biotope and I would not mind having a go at breeding these in the future either.
There will be more posts about these as they grow but for
now I leave you with some pictures. The photos however don't do the fish justice!
Melander
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