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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G'day TAM crew...

I recently moved house and re-scaped my tank...for new members I have 20 F1 Mpulungu, 7 F1 Duboisi, 3 Cyrtocara Moori (blue dolpins) and 5 Pheno Mdoka white lips.

I took a video on my new phone tonight but it is not uploading correctly. YouTube says it is 100% uploaded but it is not populating to my library. SOOooooo the best I can do for now is a still full tank shot...video update later when I get it sorted...bless ya's all!

Oh BTW I will be moving the overflow into the right hand corner...looks crappy where it is atm...

Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 Administrator Posts: 2,343	My new scape... Aug 5, 2016 22:26:34 GMT -5 ... likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 on Aug 5, 2016 22:26:34 GMT -5 Awesome shot brother! That's an amazing looking tank and scape! Some lucky fish there...
	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

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Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 Administrator Posts: 2,343	My new scape... Aug 6, 2016 21:12:50 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 on Aug 6, 2016 21:12:50 GMT -5 Cant wait to see the video!
	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

fishy408 Full Member Posts: 44	My new scape... Aug 7, 2016 0:53:07 GMT -5 ... likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fishy408 on Aug 7, 2016 0:53:07 GMT -5 Tanks looks very nice and clean. The two cichlids on the the bottom left looks really purple, what are they? -Michael

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Aug 7, 2016 0:53:07 GMT -5 fishy408 said:

Tanks looks very nice and clean. The two cichlids on the the bottom left looks really purple, what are they?

-Michael

Thank you Michael! They are Placidochromis Phenochilus "Mdoka" White Lips...my favourite Malawi haps...I am a single tank guy these days so I have left my purist single species tanks behind and house a few fav's together...my wife's fav's are the cyrtocara moori (malawi blue dolphins)....temperament wise these 2 species go nicely with troph's...you will see them better in the video I am about to post

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	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

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