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Princess of Burundi cichlid. That was a new one on me. What a cool looking fish! Did you know that Burundi does not, in fact, have a princess? Just as well. She might not appreciate having a fish named after her. Even a really pretty one.
They're BEAUTIFUL!
If that Princess of Burundi is what I think it is , Neolamprologus brichardi , then that is indeed a very cool fish. That fish may just be the ideal dwarf cichlid for anyone in North America. Our hard , or semi - hard , alkaline water is perfect for them. The breeding habits are something that has to be seen. They are multi-generational meaning that the fry care for their successive generations after them , helping the parents. I had three generations at once in a 20 high and it was cool. I had no trouble at all giving these fish away. Everybody wanted them.
Ιsn't a 20 high a bit small for 3 generations?
Yes, it was. That's why they eventually went but at first it was ideal. I saw a picture somewhere on the Internet of a huge aquarium with what was estimated to be a colony of them numbering in the hundreds. If you ever get the chance to find these fish don't pass them up.
Don't wanna have them cramped in that...
Get them ! It will take a year before they over run you and you will have no problem at all selling the excess fry. You will probably like them so much that you'll run out and buy a 55 gallon for them.LFS has them... but what l have available is a 20 gallon
I really don't want to be a thread hog , or worse , a hijacker but if I could only have one fish this would be the one.
Only problem is my parents. They WILL let me get them but not a bigger tank... LOL. Otherwise l'd buy them in a sec!
Same lol.
That's the one...
There's an article in the September / October 2022 issue of Tropical Fish Hobbyist and the author calls them Neolamprologus pulcher. They sure look an awful lot like the brichardi's I had. Regardless , a very nice small cichlid.
