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Ice Blue Cichlid

Posted by Admin on January 26th, 2009 1 Comment Printer-Friendly

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Scientific Name: Metriaclima greshakei
Common Name(s): Ice Blue
Geo. Origin: southeast arm of Lake Malawi
Habitat: Sediment-Rich Rocky Habitat
Diet: Omnivore
Gender Differences: Dimorphic
Breeding: Maternal Mouthbrooder
Temperament: Mildly Aggressive
Conspecific Temperament: Aggressive
Maximum Size: 6″
Temperature: 78 – 82°F
pH: 7.8 – 8.6
Water Hardness: Hard
Difficulty: 2

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  • nikki sweet said:

    Hi there please please can you help me?….
    I have many Cichlids 1 being a Male Ice Blue Cichlid who is mating at the moment with a smaller and much darker fish…
    I am not too sure what kind it is, I think it might be the same kind of fish….
    Please can you send me a pic of a female ice blue???
    please i need to know i have been looking every where to find out what a female looks like..

    Thank you so much for reading x x

    Nikki S from Southampton UK
    nikkisweet@live.co.uk

    -April 26th, 2009 at 9:08 pm

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