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Julidochromis transcriptus

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Masked Julie
Masked Julie "Korosha Yellow"
Species Julidochromis transcriptus
Family Cichlidae
Difficulty Moderate
Min. Tank Size 208.198 liters
208,197.648 mL

55 US Gallons (208.2L)

Size 2.756 in

6-7 cm (2.4-2.8")

sg Freshwater
pH 8.5 - 9.2
Temp. 295.15 K
71.6 °F
531.27 °R

298.15 K
77 °F
536.67 °R
22 -25 °C (71.6-77°F)

Water Hardness

8-15 °d

Stocking Ratio 1:1 M:F
Availability Uncommon
Diet

Omnivore
Pellet Foods
Flake Foods
Live Foods

Life Span

5-8 years

Habitat

Lake Tanganyika

Contents

[edit] Alternative names

Masked Julie

[edit] Sexing

Monomorphic

[edit] Breeding

Substrate Spawner

[edit] Tank compatibility

Masked Julie stays at the bottom beside their caves or rocks. They sometime come up at the middle and rarely stays at the surface.

Not to be keep with larger Cichlids unless, the tank has many hiding places.

[edit] Diet

This genus is omnivorous. In nature they eat crustaceans, insect larvae and molluscs. They will ingest grains of sand, diatoms and filament algae. When in the aquarium they will readily eat mysis shrimp, mosquito larvae, daphnia, plankton and high quality flakes and pellets.

[edit] Feeding regime

How often to feed, etc.

[edit] Environment Specifics

Sediment-Rich Rocky Habitat, Lake Tanganyika

[edit] Behaviour

Unknown

[edit] Identification

How to id the animal.

[edit] Pictures

[edit] External links

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