Calico Marble Convict Cichlid

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Calico marble convict cichlid.

Hi my question is can you achieve the marbled or calico coloration on a convict my breeding a male black convict and a female pink convict. Mine spawned on saturday and i wanted to know cause my lfs said they would pay about 4 dollars e 2 per fish. Calico marble convict cichlid 1 inch free shipping. Pink with splatters of black on them.

Buy it now 14 99 shipping. Convict cichlid likes warm water 26 29 c 79 84 f it can live under various parameters of water acidity and hardness however it s preferable for tank water to have ph about 6 6 7 8 and hardness 6 8 dgh. This is an update on a breeding project that has been ongoing for about 2 years to try to improve the colours in the marble calico convict cichlid archocentrus nigrofasciatus. This isn t a demanding fish and it s easy in care.

White convict parrot cichlid. Flake or pellet frozen and live food compatibility. These are awesome fish with light bodies and dark vertical bars. This post concentrates on the marble gene for the convict cichlid.

Some large grained bottom substrate snags roots stones make the. Aggressive region of origin. Marble convict cichlid max size. Central america captive bred or wild.

Posts about calico written by fishopolis. The ancestors of the black convict lived in central america but now they live in aquariums all over the world. 2010 09 08 i ve been playing with various colour combinations of convict cichlids to apply the theories of genetic inheritance. Amatitlania nigrofasciata common name.