{"id":42556,"date":"2026-06-25T00:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/shop\/super-electric-blue-african-cichlids-10-12-cm-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:47:51","slug":"super-electric-blue-african-cichlids","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/shop\/super-electric-blue-african-cichlids\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Electric Blue African Cichlids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mts-care-guide\">\n<h3>Super Electric Blue African Cichlid \u2013 Care Guide<\/h3>\n<p>The Electric Blue Hap (<em>Sciaenochromis fryeri<\/em>) is one of Lake Malawi&#8217;s most visually stunning cichlids \u2014 males display a brilliant, metallic electric-blue colouration across their entire body. A piscivore (fish hunter) by nature \u2014 tankmates must be chosen carefully to avoid small fish being predated.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Temperature<\/th>\n<td>24\u201328 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>pH<\/th>\n<td>7.8\u20138.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Hardness<\/th>\n<td>10\u201320 dGH (hard alkaline water)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Min. Tank Size<\/th>\n<td>190 L (50 gal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Care Level<\/th>\n<td>Intermediate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Temperament<\/th>\n<td>Semi-Aggressive (predatory toward smaller fish)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Diet<\/th>\n<td>Carnivore \u2014 high-protein cichlid pellets, krill, bloodworms, brine shrimp. Avoid Spirulina-heavy diets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Compatibility<\/th>\n<td>Lake Malawi Haplochromis of similar size, Synodontis catfish. Avoid Mbuna and all small fish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sandy substrate, rocky hardscape, alkaline water (use African cichlid salt). Keep 1 male with multiple females. Weekly 25\u201330% water changes. Males are electric blue; females and juveniles are silver-grey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Electric Blue African Cichlid \u2013 Care Guide The Electric Blue Hap (Sciaenochromis fryeri) is one of Lake Malawi&#8217;s most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[319,303],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-42556","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-freshwater-aquariums","product_cat-live-fishes","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42836,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42556\/revisions\/42836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=42556"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=42556"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=42556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}