TROPHEUS:

Tropheus is a small genus of eight species of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. Annecten, Black, Brichardi, Duboisi, Ikola, Moorii, Mpimbwe and Red. The genus Tropheus is widespread across all regions of lake Tanganyika, from Burundi in the North to Zambia in the South. Males and females are relatively similar as they are monomorphic. All species maternally mouthbrood their eggs and fry and it is this characteristic that provides their latin name. The name Tropheus is derived from the Greek "trophos" which means "to nurture". Most species occur along the coastal fringes of the lake at depths of less than 3 metres. These rocky shores, with numerous rocky outcroppings and boulder formations form a habitat that provides shelter and, due to the shallow depth and the long hours of strong sunlight, heavy algal growth on which the Tropheus feed. The only tropheus species to dwell further out and deeper in the lake is Tropheus Duboisi which in general inhabits deeper regions of the lake down to around 15-20 metres. All species are algal grazers and have underslung mouths adapted to rasping algae and microinvertebrates from submerged rocks

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frantic Full Member Posts: 76	Tank of the quarter Jun 28, 2018 15:26:18 GMT -5 via mobile gturmindright likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by frantic on Jun 28, 2018 15:26:18 GMT -5 Voting is up ladies and gentlemen, let's get some votes in!

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frantic Full Member Posts: 76	Tank of the quarter Jun 30, 2018 8:05:27 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by frantic on Jun 30, 2018 8:05:27 GMT -5 Poll was closed. Kind of sad we just celebrated 500th member and 12 people voted. But it has it's own section for anybody in the future that wants to put there pic in for voting.

renoguy Full Member Posts: 64	Tank of the quarter Jun 30, 2018 23:22:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by renoguy on Jun 30, 2018 23:22:42 GMT -5 Was it only up for 1 day? you asked for votes on the 28th of June. And now its closed. I had no idea it was even up.

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Jun 30, 2018 23:22:42 GMT -5 renoguy said:

Was it only up for 1 day? you asked for votes on the 28th of June. And now its closed. I had no idea it was even up.

Nah it was up for a few weeks, but I think mods may have removed the thread.

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