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

Tropheus Kasanga WC

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trophsk New Member Posts: 9	Tropheus Kasanga WC May 15, 2018 15:05:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by trophsk on May 15, 2018 15:05:39 GMT -5 Posting here some pics of my new colony of tropheus kasanga wf.
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... Moderator Posts: 1,520	Tropheus Kasanga WC May 15, 2018 22:38:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ... on May 15, 2018 22:38:32 GMT -5 I assuming you meant WC but if not what does WF mean? Lol. Great looking group. How long have you had them? Who did you source them from and what is the M/F ratio? Thx for sharing 👍

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Post by trophsk on May 16, 2018 0:19:45 GMT -5

I meant WC

in my country we use WF (wild fish) for wilds. I have them just one week so they should color up more. But some of the males are great loooking even know. Ratio is 1:2 so pretty good one for wild caught tropheus. In Slovakia (central europe) where I live you can get really good sources cause there are many importers around especially german ones. I hope they will do fine and spawn in some time but with Kasanga its always hard to get them breeding so we will see. (sorry for my english

frantic Full Member Posts: 76	Tropheus Kasanga WC May 16, 2018 4:36:13 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by frantic on May 16, 2018 4:36:13 GMT -5 Very nice! They look great.

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Tropheus Kasanga WC

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