American Cichlids
Jurupari
Satanoperca jurupari
Photo: Chrumps · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–29 °C
- pH5.5–7.5
- Minimum tank400 l
- Adult size25 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Origin
- Amazon Basin
- Size
- 25 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 29°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 400 L
- Diet
- omnivore (sifts through the sand; food that sinks)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; late mouthbrooder (the pair collects the larvae in their mouths)
Notes: An “eartheater” that spends the day sifting sand through its gills: it needs fine, soft sand. Sensitive to poor water quality.
