Cockatoo Cichlid Care - Size, Lifespan | 水產百科網

Thecockatoocichlid(Apistogrammacacatuoides)issometimesknownasthebig...variationssuchasthefullred,doublered,triplered,superredandorange.

The cockatoo cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides) is sometimes known as the big mouth cichlid because of its large mouth. The cockatoo cichlid has many colour variations such as the full red, double red, triple red, super red and orange. It has vibrant orange and red fins, a little bit of black bit with a grayish body and a black line mid-way through the body which goes the entire way down from the eye to the tail fin.

The Cockatoo cichlid is a member of the apistogramma (South American Dwarf Cichlid) family. It is from the streams and backwaters of the Amazon River. The bottom the of the river is usually littered with leaves and slow moving. They prefer soft and slightly acidic water with a pH from 6.0 - 7.0 with a KH (carbonate hardness)[1] of 2 - 15 and a temperature of about 79 - 84 F (26 - 29 C).

The males cockatoo cichlid can get to 2 - 3.5" (5 - 9...