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Home > Cynotilapia pulpican for Sale | Likoma Blue Frost is one of the smallest species of Mbuna

Cynotilapia pulpican for Sale | Likoma Blue Frost is one of the smallest species of Mbuna

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Mbuna Likoma Blue Frost available photos Frank Schäfer
 

Metriaclima pulpican the Likoma Blue Frost Mbuna

At the first glimpse Cynotilapia look very much alike the Malawi Zebras of the genus Maylandia In contrast to the zebras, in Cynotilapia the teeth are monoscupid (with two cusps in zebras). This difference is of more importance than one should think, for the zebras feed on Aufwuchs (eg the algae film on rocks etc. with all the containing microbiotics), whereas Cynotilapia feed on plankton (mainly small crustaceans), which is picked out of the water column. So the zebras and Cynotilapia differ very much in respect of their natural way of feeding.
 
On the other hand, Cynotilapia pulcipan can be kept in aquaria like any other Mbuna (Mbuna is the name for all the rock dwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi). It is best to keep them in larger groups of 10 or more specimens. It is of little meaning how this group is composed in respect of the sexes. People who want to breed will prefer one male for a greater number of females, but people who like simply to watch the fish do best to keep more males than females. In the latter case will always be one or two dominant males in the tank that display their breathtaking colors!
 
Cynotilapia pulpican become 6-8 cm long in the wild, but, like all Mbuna, they grow bigger in the aquarium. But even old males will not grow larger than 10 cm, females always stay smaller. So C. pulcipan is one of the smallest species of Mbuna known so far.
Lexicon: Cynotilapia: means "dog-Tilapia"; this refers to the uniscupid "canine" teeth, Tilapia is another genus of cichlid. pulpican: after a kind of quarrelsome goblins from the Breton mythology; the name has been chosen, because the males defend very tenacious their spawning territory.
 
Common name: Pseudotropheus "Kingsizei", Likoma Blue Frost
For our customers: the fish have code 516752 on our stock list. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
 
Text & photos: Frank Schäfer
 
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