Lamprologus signatus
Aquarist: AllredFish
Species: Lamprologus signatus
Photo by: Darron Allred
Description
One of the smallest of all cichlids. Live over mud and spawn in mud caves carved down into the mud. One of only a handful of substrate-spawning cichlids in both the New and Old World that have non-adhesive eggs.
Category: Cichlids
Global Region: Africa
Distribution: None
Aquarist Notes
Genetic Line: Aquarium Strain
Year Acquired: 2019
Species Spawned: Yes
Mud spawners. In the aquarium, I spawn mine in PVC pipe L-tubes with caps on the end of each tube. Eggs are not adhesive, so they move around in the spawning site.
Have Reared Fry? Yes
Parents will NOT tolerate older fry in the tank when they have laid a new batch of eggs. They will drive off the older fry. If the tank is too small for the fry to be driven off, the fry older fry will be killed.
Young fish available? Yes