Paratilapia Pollini Madagasca

[CichlidsRool]

i am getting 20 3 inch aratilapia Pollini Madagasca this weekend,this is my first time going to keep these guys, what is the best way to take care of these guys? thanks

 

[swk]

Hey Tom. Congrats! polleni are awesome, and very easy to keep. Moderately hard water, ph 7-8 and typical temps 78 - 80 and they will thrive! You can feed them anything you have around, no problems with bloat or anything. They keep very similar to central american cichlids.

good luck!

 

[superleggera123]

very aggressive..
ive had one of these take on a jaguar 3 times his size..
but stunning
i suggest hard water..
very good food..
and they seem to like alot of current

 

[CichlidsRool]

thanks guys,,one-more ???? can i keep them with African cichlids?

 

[superleggera123]

yea you can..
but avoid delicate wimpy fish

 

[swk]

I would avoid keepng them with trophs or mbuna simply for dietary reasons. These fish need meat!

 

[CichlidsRool]

thanks for the info guys....

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

they do well with Central Americans or haps if you want to go African

 

[dogofwar]

They tend to be really rough on each other - I've bought groups of fry a couple of times and had them winnow down to a single male.

I wouldn't keep them with anything too aggressive or nippy. I've kept them with big haps like livingstoni... as well as with Severums, centrarchus and the like. Mbuna will pick them to pieces.

Matt

 

[Kolewolf]

Hey Tom, I just picked up 4 6" Paratalapia Bleekeri as well. I will be putting them in my 250G with 10" Midas's, Green Terrors, Green Texas and such.