Scientific Name: Gnathonemus petersii

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We would class this fish as a easy care level.

What is its maximum size?
17cm

Where are they from?
The Firemouth originates from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.

How many can I keep?
Can be kept in groups.

What are the ideal water conditions?
Ideally hard water with a PH of 7-7.5 but will except a wide range of water conditions.

What do you feed them?
Feed a variety of frozen, freeze dried, flake and cichlid pellets.

How compatible is it with other fish?
Keep with similar moderately aggressive cichlids of a similar size. Firemouths will get territorial during spawning.

How do you breed them?
Males are more brightly coloured and have pointed dorsal and anal fins. Parents will clean a rock and lay between 100 to 500 eggs. When the eggs hatch the fry are moved to a depression prepared in the gravel. The parents will both defend the fry. Feed the fry on newly hatched brine shrimp.