African Cichlid - Demasoni

Scientific Name:  Pseudotropheus demasoni

Common Name: Demasoni Cichlid, Midnight Demasoni

Adult Size: 3 inches

Life Expectancy: 5 years

Habitat: Lake Malawi, Africa

Minimum Tank Size: 40 gallons

Ideal Tank Conditions: 

• Temperature Range: 78°F
• pH Range: 7.0 - 8.0
• Hardness Range: 10 - 18

Temperament: Agressive

Diet & Nutrition: Omnivore that needs mainly herbivorous foods. Their diet should consist of vegetable matter. An all purpose, high quality cichlid formula can be used as a basic diet. Including vegetable supplements to their diet will help with overall health.

Breeding & Spawning: Mouthbrooder that needs to be in numbers of 12 or more. At one inch a female will start to brood but the number of fry will be low. Once the dominant male decides to breed, he will become severely aggressive and pummel to death any other male in the tank if the tank is too small, or if there is a lack of hiding places for the other fish.

Gender: For the first couple of months juveniles of both sexes are the same size and shape. This makes sexing next to impossible unless you vent them. As they get older, the males will develop elongated ventral fins and an egg spot.