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Chocolate Cichlid Factoids |
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Origin |
Amazon River |
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Size |
Up to 12 inches |
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Color |
Various shades of chocolate with changing overlays |
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Temperature |
80 degrees plus or minus 5 |
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Temperament |
Peaceful except with own kind. Looks up. |
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Water |
Likes water changes |
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Breeding |
Typical but considered lack luster parents |
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Foods |
Not picky. Loves live foods. |
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Longevity |
About a decade |
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Tank Mates |
Very flexible |
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Chocolate cichlid. We like in-your-face cichlids.
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Pic
He's About 8 inches and nicely skinned up. He'll color up more. 02-23-04
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07-09-05. 4.5 inch chocolate. Messy glass. In tank one
day. Nice color considering.
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4.5-inch tank mate that gets picked on by the guy above.
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Looking better on the second day.
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Ditto
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Three months later. Very nice looking specimen.
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1.25-inch chocolate cichlid.
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Another little guy out of a batch of 10.
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Always room for one more chocolate picture.
The next pictures are all
of the two 4.5 inchers that appeared in several of the pictures above.
You will see them as they mature, beat on each other, and eventually spawn.
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Chocolate cichlids love nightcrawlers -- an excellent conditioning food.
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Chocolate cichlids vary in color as their moods change.
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Same fish as above.
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The other tank mate processing a nightcrawler.
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The slightly larger one beats on this one every day. They're in a 55
with several tank mates.
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Chocolate cichlids look up much of the time, supposedly looking for
surface insects.
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October, 2006. Breeding tubes starting to show.
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They dropped their tubes a month or so before actually breeding
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We figured the larger of the two was the male, It turned out to be
the female.
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The one in front turns out to be the male.
Chocolate Cichlid Spawning. This file got awfully long so we added
a new page. Go to:
Chocolate
Cichlid Spawning
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