WHITE-TAIL ACEI, PSEUDOTROPHEUS ELEGANS NGARA “WHITE TAIL”, MBUNA
$18.00 – $29.00
Cool little Mbuna. Farm raised here in Florida.
Sizing and difference between Adults and Juveniles.
When we list size, it is the minimum size that is currently being offered. It can and, in many cases, be a little bigger than what is listed. All measurements are from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail fin. Many of our fish look far different as juveniles than they do as adults. Also, in most cases, males are much more colorful than females. We do our best to provide pictures of both an adult male in breeding color and a picture of juveniles. We are asked occasionally how we can sex fish at the juvenile size. Sexing fish at juvenile sizes is easy if you have the experience and know what to look for. The real trick is to make sure you have 20-30 of the same fish in the tank. Then you can usually pick out several that are showing dominance in the tank. When in doubt, we do vent them with a high-end, video magnifier.
As always, if we make a mistake and you have bought a listing for a guaranteed male and it turns out to be a female, then we will replace it at our cost no matter how long it has been.
Guarantee
We guarantee live arrival and good health on all fish we ship. We lose less than one percent of the fish we ship but problems do occasionally occur. If you have a problem, please photograph everything you think is relevant and notify us by e-mail immediately. It is our choice whether to replace or refund any live fish we have shipped to you. (In most cases, we replace any problem fish) We will fix any reasonable problem to everyone’s satisfaction.
The White Tail Acei (Pseudotropheus acei “ngara”) is a shoaling Mbuna cichlid found in the Ngara and Karonga areas of Africa’s Lake Malawi, that is closely related to the Orange Top Moori (Gephyrochromis moorii).
All Acei have vivid, bright colors that are generally blue to deep purples and violets that become darker and more electric blue around the face of the fish. The fins of all species range from cream to sunshine yellow, which makes them an outstanding-looking fish in any aquarium.
In the wild, several varieties of Pseudotropheus sp. “Acei” exist throughout Lake Malawi but the most common form sold in tropical fish-keeping shops is the variety from the Nkhata Bay and Bandawe area. These cichlids are colored a sparkly dark blue and have yellow fins.
White Tail Acei prefer living among sandy, rock-filled shorelines that are easily accessible to sunken logs, tree roots, and bogwood. They have flat, cuspid-like teeth that allow them to feed on crustaceans and harvest epixylic or epilithic algae from submerged bogwood, logs, tree roots, and rocks. In their natural rocky bottomed habitat, they prefer living in smaller groups of 3 to 10 individuals however, schools of 30 to 50 or more fish are commonly found surrounding large logs or sunken bogwood.
| Gender | 1.25-2.0 inch Guaranteed Female, 1.25-2.0 inch Guaranteed Male, 1.25-2.0 inch Pair 1m/1f, 1.25-2.0 unsexed juvenille |
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