Red zebra cichlid
Maylandia estherae
A restless rock patroller that digs pits in the sand and guards them.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 10 cm
- Smallest tank
- 120 cm
- Temperature
- 23–28 °C
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres25 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres54 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres100 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Yellow lab cichlid
- Julidochromis
- African butterflyfish
- Swordtail
- Three spot gourami
- Convict cichlid
- Dwarf gourami
- Cockatoo cichlid
- Yoyo loach
- Peacock cichlid
- Red tail shark
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)
- Black skirt tetra
- Diamond tetra
- Firemouth cichlid
- Freshwater angelfish
- Rainbow shark
- Multies shell dweller
- Dwarf puffer
- Severum
- Jack Dempsey
- Kissing gourami
- Frontosa
- Oscar
- and 1 more species
Caution
Not together
- DiscusAggressive with peaceful
- GuppyAggressive with peaceful
- Neon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Giant danioAggressive with peaceful
- Boesemani rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Turquoise rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Keyhole cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- KribensisAggressive with peaceful
- Scissortail rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Denison barbAggressive with peaceful
- Sailfin mollyAggressive with peaceful
- Kuhli loachAggressive with peaceful
- Pearl gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Congo tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Zebra loachAggressive with peaceful
- Rosy barbAggressive with peaceful
- MollyAggressive with peaceful
- Bolivian ramAggressive with peaceful
- Gold barbAggressive with peaceful
- Celebes rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Bristlenose plecoAggressive with peaceful
- Checkerboard cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Neon dwarf rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Bronze corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Silver hatchetfishAggressive with peaceful
- Pearl danioAggressive with peaceful
- Red rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Sterbai corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Hillstream loachAggressive with peaceful
- Siamese algae eaterAggressive with peaceful
- Moonlight gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Julii corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Dwarf chain loachAggressive with peaceful
- Rummynose tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Zebra danioAggressive with peaceful
- Cherry barbAggressive with peaceful
- PlatyAggressive with peaceful
- Threadfin rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Forktail blue-eyeAggressive with peaceful
- Panda corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Chocolate gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- German blue ramAggressive with peaceful
- Silver dollarAggressive with peaceful
- Odessa barbAggressive with peaceful
- Cardinal tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Lemon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Penguin tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Harlequin rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Honey gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Black neon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Glowlight tetraAggressive with peaceful
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- OtocinclusAggressive with peaceful
- Sparkling gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Glowlight danioAggressive with peaceful
- Clown killifishAggressive with peaceful
- Green neon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Lambchop rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Endler's livebearerAggressive with peaceful
- Galaxy rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Pygmy corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Ember tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Chili rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Green kubotai rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Clown loachAggressive with peaceful
- Bala sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Common plecoAggressive with peaceful
- KoiAggressive with peaceful