Adult Size: 12"
(30 cm)
Temp: 72-77 F (22-25 C)
Tank: 48" (120 cm)
minimum
Requirements:
Rock
piles, with caves inside them. Water must be hard and alkaline,
pH: 7.5-9, hardness: hard.
Diet:
Carnivore
fare good, will also eat veggies, and cichlid staple diets.
Breeding:
Male
and female cave spawners. Males smaller. Getting 6 or so juvies,
and letting them pair off is the best way to get a pair.
Sociability:
Pairs,
sometimes more than one female per male. Can be kept with fish
from other tank areas, such as shell dwellers, or open water
cichlids, or rainbows.