Metriaclima greshakei is a beautiful, lightblue coloured fish with an orange-red backfin. The females are brown.

Metriaclima greshakei can become pretty large. The male my father kept in his tank a few years ago was about 15 cm, the females 10 to 12 cm. They are real rock inhabitants, so they must be kept in a tank with many hideouts.

In my fathers aquarium they were very productive, the male had three females. As soon as the females released their offspring, the male was displaying again, and it didn't last long before they were busy again. This led to a huge explosion of the population in his aquarium, which made my father decide to replace this species with a less productive one. This doesn't take away that they are a lust to see. The male was very agressive and territorial against other inhabitants.

Since the end of august I have four Metriaclima greshakei in my tank because I think they are really beautiful. I hope they are going to do as well as in my fathers tank. At this moment they have already adjusted to the other inhabitants and the male has already conquered his own place in this tank. These are very young fish (at this moment), the male is about 8 cm and the females about 7 cm. Apart from that, these picture's are taken when they where in my old tank, which was for quarantine for a few days.

They ate everything I gave them, but, like other mbuna, they must get a lot of vegetables.

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