Saulosi mbuna
Chindongo saulosi
FishFreshwater
- Care level
- Moderate
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Recommended tank
- 200 L
- Maximum size
- 9 cm
- Temperature
- 24–27 °C
- pH
- 7.8–8.6
- Group size
- ≥ 6
- Diet
- Herbivore
Care at a glance
The saulosi mbuna from Taiwan Reef in Lake Malawi stands out for the colour difference between the sexes: males are blue with dark bars, while females and young fish stay bright orange-yellow. In a group that gives you a two-tone tank almost automatically.
Keep one male with several females, because two adult males will settle their ranking endlessly. Furnish the tank with rock piles and caves, keep the water hard and alkaline, and feed predominantly vegetable food.
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