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Neolamprologus leleupi or more familiarly called leleupi a dwarf cichlid fish (dwarf cichlid) from Lake Tangayika, Africa. Fish leleupi has yellow on his body, so that the fish is popularly known as lemon cichlid. Leuleupi can grow to about 10 cm only for the male, while the female is usually less than that size.
Neolamprologus leuleupi
Leuleupi aquarium decoration with rocks and caves. Tangayika lakes have high berPH water, about 7.8 to 9.0 and a temperature around 25 ° C - 30 ° C.
These conditions must be met if you want to keep the fish in the aquarium Leulupi. However, fish in the market is that the derivative of the fish caught so natural, so it's been adapted to water conditions in the farm.
Therefore, it is often not necessary as the water condition was extreme.
Water conditions with a pH of 7 is sufficient to maintain a healthy fish.
Constraints that often occur when keeping fish to water conditions that do not meet the requirements are often attacked by fish-fish tuberculosis, fish being thin, the color paled and growth stops. When you are attacked, they are usually only a matter of time, so if you want to keep the fish that require low pH conditions but kept in water of high berPH.
Leuleupi aquarium decoration with rocks and caves. Tangayika lakes have high berPH water, about 7.8 to 9.0 and a temperature around 25 ° C - 30 ° C.
These conditions must be met if you want to keep the fish in the aquarium Leulupi. However, fish in the market is that the derivative of the fish caught so natural, so it's been adapted to water conditions in the farm.
Therefore, it is often not necessary as the water condition was extreme.
Water conditions with a pH of 7 is sufficient to maintain a healthy fish.
Constraints that often occur when keeping fish to water conditions that do not meet the requirements are often attacked by fish-fish tuberculosis, fish being thin, the color paled and growth stops. When you are attacked, they are usually only a matter of time, so if you want to keep the fish that require low pH conditions but kept in water of high berPH.
Maintenance
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Leuleupi maintenance in the aquarium is actually quite easy. As stated previously, the water conditions for fish that have dibudiyakan no longer critical, but it is better when supplied with high pH water. The easiest way to get a high pH is by using sea corals, pieces of coral, or sand sea. Substrate should use sand with bright colors so that the fish will be more brilliant colors.
Recommended aquarium setup for the fish from the waters of the open waters Tangayika is such a pile of rocks bottom. When the aquarium wearing brightly colored sand, yellow fish will be more visible. However, when a dark-colored sand is used, then the fish will appear more รข € ~ dark '. Leuleupi not fussy in terms of food, from homemade food to ice worms will be received with pleasure. However please note that in the wild they only eat live food only.
breeding
Leuleupi including difficult to distinguish between males and females. The only identifier is the male fish will grow larger than the female. Some other indications that might be seen is the male could have a head thicker and larger than the female, and often show symptoms jenong (cranial bump). In addition it can sometimes be seen on the belly fin, the male tends to possess the pelvic fin is longer than the females.
Leuleupi including difficult to distinguish between males and females. The only identifier is the male fish will grow larger than the female. Some other indications that might be seen is the male could have a head thicker and larger than the female, and often show symptoms jenong (cranial bump). In addition it can sometimes be seen on the belly fin, the male tends to possess the pelvic fin is longer than the females.
An easy way to get a pair of these fish is to keep them in relatively large amounts together from childhood. Leuleupi will then choose their own mate and lay eggs. However, couples often do not last more than a month.
Leuleupi will select nest in small caves in the rock crevices that exist.
For that in doing breeding, be prepared aquarium with rocks that form caves or cracks, where they keep their eggs later. Eggs produced can reach the number of 100 grains. The eggs will hatch about 4 days later. As with most other cichlid fish, the fish will leleupi his children well. The males and females will keep their children in turn. Fish that feed their young will usually pairs longer. When the children were swimming freely, they can be fed a special diet, such as artemia.
Fish leleupi is one interesting fish. The color is a beautiful bright yellow and small size make it not require a large aquarium if you want to preserve the fish. If you are interested to have a cichlid community aquarium, these fish may be one candidate.
Leuleupi will select nest in small caves in the rock crevices that exist.
For that in doing breeding, be prepared aquarium with rocks that form caves or cracks, where they keep their eggs later. Eggs produced can reach the number of 100 grains. The eggs will hatch about 4 days later. As with most other cichlid fish, the fish will leleupi his children well. The males and females will keep their children in turn. Fish that feed their young will usually pairs longer. When the children were swimming freely, they can be fed a special diet, such as artemia.
Fish leleupi is one interesting fish. The color is a beautiful bright yellow and small size make it not require a large aquarium if you want to preserve the fish. If you are interested to have a cichlid community aquarium, these fish may be one candidate.
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