[Ebook] The New Guide to Aquarium Fish – Ciclilids – GROUPS OF CICHLIDS – Other African Cichlids
Hemichromis (Jewel Cichlids) are monomorphic open-broodingsubstrate spawners, highly territorial, and with piscivorous tendencies. In the wild they occur ina variety of biotopes from westernforests to Egyptian oases, and dowell in fairly neutral water incaptivity. A single pair per tank(minimum 1 m/36 in, wellplanted) is the rule, and even thenthey may fight.