The egg spots in the anal fin of the male tend to be larger and more intense in colour than those of the female. Cichlidae cichlids subfamily.
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The powder blue cichlid feeds primarily on algae plant matter and the micro crustaceans found living on the algae and plants they graze on.
Powder blue cichlid. Powder blue cichlid pseudotropheus socolofi i only have a single male of this species named noonsa and he was really an accident. Not an easy species to sex as both males and females exhibit the same bright powder blue colouration. Powder blue cichlid pseudotropheus socolofi.
The will accept a variety of store bought foods as well. There are very subtle differences between the males and females of this species. The coloration of the powder blue is a pale blue background with seven to eight blue black bars with four orange egg shaped spots on the anal fin.
Male fish also usually have longer pelvic fins than females. The powder blue cichlid is also known as the powder blue cichlid or malawi cichlid and comes from the rocky shores of lake malawi africa. The easiest way to sex it is by observing it s behaviour.
In the aquarium environment hobbyists will want to feed this species a diet based on vegetable and plant matter in the form of a high quality vegetable based flake or pellet food along with naturally occurring algae growth within the aquarium. Their diet should consist of mostly veggies and some live foods. Powder blue cichlid or pindani is a fairly well known popular fish among the cichlid community.
Both males females of the species have a light blue body with the males usually having a brighter blue sheen. Pseudotropheus pindani pseudotropheus eduardi aseudotropheus socolofi err haplochromis jacksoni. Males will have a brighter blue color than females almost as if they were shiny whitish blue.
I wanted two cobalt blues but after some inspection when i got back home i noticed the black fins with the light edges and realized that he was a different fish. The powder blue cichlid is an omnivorous fish. Both sexes also display egg spots on the anal fin with the males again having brighter more sharply defined coloration.
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