ASTATOTILAPIA LATIFASCIATA a.k.a Zebra Obliquedens

[SGypsyMermaid]

this is a great fish--both the males and the females are striking, and they contrast nicely with malawians. i've kept them successfully with mbuna and malawi haps. check out this article:

http://www.vatoelvis.com/A_latifasciata.html

[Boilermaker]

Great looking cichlid SGypsy and not to vicious :)

[SGypsyMermaid]

came across this article while searching for info about when vic fry become free-swimming.:

http://www.bigskycichlids.com/Alatifasciata_article.htm

[SGypsyMermaid]

i have read that you need two or three males in your colony in order to get these fish to breed. apparently the male competition triggers spawning. i was also told that females which are kept without males for an extended period will have sterile eggs for their first spawn.

[StructureGuy]

i have read that you need two or three males in your colony in order to get these fish to breed.

Not in my tank. I have one male and two females and the one male has spawned once with one female and twice with the other.

Kevin

[SGypsyMermaid]

hmmm...maybe my tank is just too crowded...but someone else told me that they weren't getting any spawning activity with just one male, either--well, i'm going to try to track down a couple more males to see if anything changes.