Electric Yellow Lab
Labidochromis caeruleus
A bright yellow Malawi mbuna that is among the mildest of the group, but still a rift lake cichlid with rift lake requirements.
Ideal Conditions
- Temperature
- 24 – 28 °C
- pH range
- 7.6 – 8.6
- Hardness
- 10 – 20 dGH
- Adult size
- 8 – 12 cm
- Min. tank size
- 200 litres+
- Lifespan
- 6 – 10 years
- Diet
- Omnivore leaning herbivore — spirulina-based cichlid foods
- Water flow
- Moderate
- Preferred setup
- Rockwork with caves, sand substrate, hard alkaline water
About the Electric Yellow Lab
The Electric Yellow Lab is the usual entry point into Lake Malawi cichlids. It is less aggressive than most mbuna, yet it still needs hard alkaline water, a rock-based layout and the crowded stocking that keeps mbuna aggression spread out.
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Where Electric Yellow Lab comes from
Native range
Lake Malawi, East African Rift
Countries / regions
Malawi
Habitat
Rocky shoreline habitat of Lake Malawi in hard, alkaline, oxygen-rich water.
Illustrative native range only, not an occurrence dataset.
Similar species
Rusty Cichlid
Iodotropheus sprengerae
Frontosa
Cyphotilapia frontosa
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Compatible tank mates
Reviewed guidance based on this species' recorded traits.
- Great
Rusty Cichlid
Iodotropheus sprengerae
Another mild mbuna of similar size that shares the hard alkaline water and rock territory habit.
- Compatible with caution
Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus cirrhosus
Tolerates hard water and stays out of the way, but needs its own cave away from the cichlid rockwork.
- Not recommended
Cardinal Tetra
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Soft acidic water species, small enough to be eaten, and unable to cope with mbuna boisterousness.
- Not recommended
German Blue Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
Opposite water chemistry and far too easily bullied.
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