Keeping Snapshot Difficulty: IntermediateMax Growth Size: 9 cmTemperament: Schooling fish, mostly peaceful. Preferred Water Parameters Temperature: 23-27 degrees celsiuspH Level: 7.8 - 9.0General Hardness: Hard Range Africa: Lake Tanganyika Reproduction Mouthbrooder, females incubate the eggs in their mouth until the fry are free-swimming. Feeding Carnivorous. Eats all normal foods. Additional Comments Best kept in a school with other (less aggressive) Tanganyikan Cichlids. In nature this species congregates in large schools in open water near rocky habitats, where it feeds on zoo plankton. Cyprichromis occur in many differently coloured geographic variations, multiple colour forms are often present...
October 04, 2019
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