Aquarium Care
The males are territorial, and subordinate males will be picked on by the dominant or alpha male. Like the other cichlids of this genus, they are best kept in tanks harems with one male to many females. Like any cichlid you must put many other mbuna cichlids preferably 15. You should get 75-100 gallon tanks. They prefer a rocky terrain providing numerous hiding places, where weaker fish can find necessary shelter. They also arrange pebbles more often than other aquarium fish which should be smooth to avoid injury to their mouths, in an effort to build a “dwelling”. Their predominate food source is algae though those in aquaria will take typical cichlid foods and some vegetable greens as a treat. Do not feed them live foods or they will bloat which may prove fatal (do not feed high protein foods as they grow very fast anyway). pH 7.5-8.5, hard 150-200mg/l, temp. 72-79 F (22-26 C).
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