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Profile:
Distribution :
Lake Tanganyika.
Size
: Up to 8 inches.
PH
: 7.4 to 8.
Temperature
: 240 C to 300 C
Hardness
: Hard to
very hard water.
Diet
: Herbivorous diet
primarily made up of
aufwuchs,
which is a type of green algae. Feed them vegetable flakes and occasionally
blench vegetables such as spinach and cucumber.
Breeding
: Mouth
brooders. Fries are released within 28 to 30 days.
Sexual
Difference : Males are
normally bigger but difficult to differentiate.
Description:
A
highly active tropheus but the most easy to keep. The young tropheus is black
with white polka dots that eventually give way to either a white of yellow bar
(depending on the variant vertically down the front of the fish. Some fishes
maintain their polka dot suit even into their adulthood. Maintain 1-2 males with groups
of females.
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