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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tom1138784 Junior Member Posts: 170	Tropheus duboisi Halembe spawn Jul 17, 2016 7:39:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tom1138784 on Jul 17, 2016 7:39:43 GMT -5
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Another nice vid Tom...so are you a hobbyist breeder or do you breed for a retail market? Some great fish you have shown us so far. Is it easy to get wild troph's in your neck of the woods?

Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 Administrator Posts: 2,343	Tropheus duboisi Halembe spawn Jul 17, 2016 10:33:22 GMT -5 tom1138784 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 on Jul 17, 2016 10:33:22 GMT -5 Dubs are just amazing when they are good representations! How old are these? Are they wild or F1?
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Jul 17, 2016 9:56:58 GMT -5 ... said:

Another nice vid Tom...so are you a hobbyist breeder or do you breed for a retail market? Some great fish you have shown us so far. Is it easy to get wild troph's in your neck of the woods?

Hi and thank you very much for the compliments.
im glad you are enjoying my tropheus collection videos.
I'm hobbyist that keep tropheus mainly to enjoy them and breeding them is part the fun and not intended to be commercially.
regarding the fish quality, my main supplier is ''pisces'' farm in israel , a high qality fish farm of tanganyika and malawi cichlids.

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