American Cichlids
Mesonauta insignis
Mesonauta insignis
Photo: Clinton & Charles Robertson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature25–29 °C
- pH5–7
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Origin
- Río Negro and Orinoco
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 25 – 29°C
- pH
- 5.0 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- middle
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a group
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Related to the blackwater flag cichlid, with a more pronounced diagonal stripe.
