Dicrossus filamentosus - Chessboard Cichlid
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V X Y Z latin name: Dicrossus filamentosus, Crenicara filamentosa, Dicrossus filamentosa
common name: Chessboard cichlid , Checkerboard Lyretail, Chessboard Cichlid
Family: Cichlidae
Continent of origin: South America
Origin country: Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil,
Size: under 9 cm (3.54 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 80 litre (21 US gal)
Temperature: 22 °C (71.6 °F)
- 26 °C (78.8 °F)
pH tolerance: 5,5
- 7
Water hardness tolerance: 2
- 8 °dKH
Tank type: freshwater tank
Floor water column: bottom and center
Life span: 5 years
Behavior: territorially aggressive
Care level: moderately difficult
Feeding: carnivore -
Similar fish in catalogue: Aequidens pulcher,
Apistogramma cacatuoides,
Uaru amphiacanthoides,
Herichthys cyanoguttatus,
Hemichromis bimaculatus,
Pelvicachromis pulcher,
Pterophyllum scalare,
Symphysodon discus,
Astronotus ocellatus,
Cichlasoma ´Red parrot´,
Papiliochromis ramirezi,
Melanochromis auratus,
Labeotropheus trewavasae var. red chilumba,
Cleithracara maronii,
Andinoacara rivulatus,
Nannacara anomala,
Aequidens metae,
Aequidens tetramerus,
Vieja maculicauda,
Archocentrus multispinosus,
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis,
Cichla ocellaris,
Cyprichromis leptosoma,
Apistogramma agassizii,
Apistogramma steindachneri,
Apistogramma pertensis,
Anomalochromis thomasi,
Mikrogeophagus altispinosus,
Amatitlania nigrofasciata ,
Hyphessobrycon rosaceus, ...
Dicrossus filamentosus is kept in next tanks: Dwarf Pufferfish,
Tank No. 721,
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Summary
Latin name:Dicrossus filamentosus
Crenicara filamentosa
Dicrossus filamentosa
Common name:Chessboard Cichlid
Family: Cichlidae
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updated: 1st Mar 2010
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