American Cichlids
Satanoperca daemon
Satanoperca daemon
Photo: User:Haplochromis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature26–30 °C
- pH4.5–6.5
- Minimum tank400 l
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Origin
- Río Negro and Orinoco
- Size
- 30 cm
- Temperature
- 26 – 30°C
- pH
- 4.5 – 6.5
- GH
- 0 – 6 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 400 L
- Diet
- Omnivore (sifts through the sand)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; mouthbrooder
Notes: Two or three large black spots on the side. A blackwater fish that is very sensitive to water quality.
