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(Other members of the genus Cyprichromis)
ADULT SIZE: 14 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 24-27 C
FOOD: Feed Cyprichromis leptosoma live and dried foods
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Lake Tanganyika
AQUARIUM CARE: This species inhabits open water withi the lake. An aquarium set-up should have lots of open water for swimming, and a sand substrate. It comes in several colour forms, some with extremes of yellow and blue.
BREEDING: Ab ovophile mouthbrooder (the female carries the eggs in her mouth) with a mother family.
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Other members of the genus Cyprichromis
Other cichlid species
Other species from Lake Tanganyika
Species "Jumbo Kitumba"
BREEDING: Ab ovophile mouthbrooder (the female carries the eggs in her mouth) with a mother family.
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Give your fish a treat! Flaked fish foods are excellent nutritionally, but most fish really enjoy tucking into live, or frozen live foods. Insect larvae such as bloodworms can be collected in summertime from your water barrel, but it is also very worthwhile to attempt to culture Daphnia or white worms for a free food source absolutely relished by aquarium fish. Frozen bloodworm are almost as good and are widely available, though freeze dried live foods tend not to go down as well. See more on feeding fish
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