Males are separated by the their beautiful reticulated tails and bright greenish white body color. Females on the other hand lack any kind of reticulation on their caudal fin and are completely olive drab in color. Some females will have a blue-green chin. I like to keep my lights on for 24 hours if I want to breed fish, being the less change the better. The fry are easily raised on Live baby brine shrimp and grow quite fast.
Young fish tend to mature fast.
This is a truly beautiful fish, one that I keep coming back to. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Oh as a last comment, I have experienced bloating in males due to being fed tubifex worms excessively so be cautioned. All rights reserved Special rights for exclusive electronic distribution are given to Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, in The Cichlid Room Companion .