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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Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 Administrator Posts: 2,343	[NEW] Wild Tropheus Moorii Mpulungu! Jul 8, 2019 6:05:41 GMT -5 ... likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 on Jul 8, 2019 6:05:41 GMT -5 Had these now for about 2 months. Not lost one! Really nice group. got them from my friend Hung!
	Andrew C. My YouTube Channel (KJV) Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:8, Romans 10:9-13, John 3:16-17 Currently Keeping: -WC T. Bulu Point, Ikola, Kantalamba, Maswa, Ulwile, B. Malagarasi (Green Wimple/ Maswa Brichardi) Mpulungu -WC Eretmodus -WC N. Tretacephalus -WC J. Regani

brianyelick Junior Member Posts: 207	[NEW] Wild Tropheus Moorii Mpulungu! Jul 8, 2019 7:53:36 GMT -5 via mobile Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brianyelick on Jul 8, 2019 7:53:36 GMT -5 Really nice looking group as usual!
	135g lake Malawi 90g 23 WC T. Moorii Malasa blue fin yellow rainbows 90g 24 WC T. Duboisi Maswa 75g. 15 wc T. Brichardi mtoto 4 WC simmochromis Diagrama isanga 90g. 31 Tropheus golden kiriza 75g 9 lethrinops red cap itungi 120g Super Red Dragon Flowerhorn 55g 7 wc Telmatochromis sp. Lufubu

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[NEW] Wild Tropheus Moorii Mpulungu! Jul 8, 2019 13:11:36 GMT -5

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Post by Mr_kurtz on Jul 8, 2019 13:11:36 GMT -5

@andrew,

Do you think there is any variation in Mpulungu tropheus at all? They do have a fairly extensive range so I wonder if they change from one end of thier range to the other at all?

I will be posting some pics of the areas they come from. I wont be getting wet so wont see any fish at all, but the pics will show the extreme range they seem to cover.

I am wondering if over the years you have ever noticed any differences from WC batch to batch that you have received ?

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Post by Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 on Jul 8, 2019 15:07:22 GMT -5

Thanks Brian.

Yes. I believe with any Tropheus Kurt, there is always possibility for some variation as there are mostly not any distinct boundary lines between collection points.

You can have open areas of sand where Tropheus normally wont cross but even that's not 100% to avoid cross breeding of variants.

This is all a subject opinion of mine. But definitely based off of logical and intellectual reasoning.

Andrew

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-WC T. Bulu Point, Ikola, Kantalamba, Maswa, Ulwile, B. Malagarasi (Green Wimple/ Maswa Brichardi) Mpulungu
-WC Eretmodus
-WC N. Tretacephalus
-WC J. Regani

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