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Turquoise Jewel cichlid


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Hey guys want you to rate my pair of jewels and their set up. I’ve had these guys for ages in a larger tank went to a little smaller just for them to breed here it is. Also they are turquoise jewel cichlids, the one question I do have are they found in the wild with the turquoise variant. 
 

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Beautiful!

I am informed by a serious breeder that all turquoise Hemichromis are hybrids. I did not bother breeding mine because the debate over reliable taxonomic data on Hemichromis is … a hot mess. They would be ineligible for BAP in my club. I bought mine as H. bimaculatus but technically they may be a cross between H. lifalili and H. bimaculatus. No matter what, they’re attractive! Here’s mine before I moved them on…

 

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