Redbelly tilapia

Length

Up to 40 cm

Body shape

Streamlined

Group

Missing

Smallest aquarium

1,464 liters

Diet

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Temperament

Semi-aggressive

Swims

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Temperature

Tolerates10.5–36 °C

pH

Tolerates6–9

Highly adaptable and tolerates varying water qualities; they are tolerant of a wide range of temperatures and salinities, even surviving marine conditions. Extended temperature range 6.5 - 42.5 °C, natural temperature range 10.5 - 36°C. Occasionally form schools; mainly diurnal. Prefers shallow, vegetated areas. Fry are common in marginal vegetation and juveniles are found in the seasonal floodplain. Herbivorous, adults feed on leaves and stems of underwater plants as well as algae and vegetative detritus. A substrate spawner; male and female form pairs to rear the young; aggs and larvae are usually guarded in a pit dug in the mud. Parental care is very thorough and undertaken by both parties; large specimens may deposit 1000 eggs per spawn, preferably on hard surfaces; hatching occurs about 96 hours post spawning, and juveniles swim freely about 4-6 days later. Larvae develop in close association with substrate.