American Cichlids
Alfaro cichlid
Cribroheros alfari
Photo: Arturo Angulo, Beatriz Naranjo-Elizondo, Emmanuel Rojas, and Juan Manuel Ley-López · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–28 °C
- pH7–8
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size20 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Origin
- Honduras to Panama
- Size
- 20 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 28°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 6 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom – middle
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive
- Minimum number of individuals
- pair
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Body with bluish sheen and dark spots. It burrows into the substrate in search of food.
