Malawi Cichlids
Bumblebee Cichlid
Pseudotropheus crabro
Photo: Nicolas COUTHOUIS · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH7.5–8.5
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentAggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Origin
- Lake Malawi
- Size
- 15 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 7.5 – 8.5
- GH
- 10 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater (hard and alkaline)
- Swimming level
- medium – low
- Behavior
- aggressive
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 male with 3 or more females
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L
- Diet
- Omnivorous (in the wild, it removes parasites from a catfish)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; maternal mouthbrooding
Notes: Yellow and black stripes like a bumblebee, which darken when the fish is stressed or dominant. It grows larger than other mbuna.
