Tropheus Morilo
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Scientific Name: Tropheus Morilo Price: Upon Request Origin: Lake Tanganyika, Africa Family: Cichlidae NOT AVAILABLE NOW |
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Other Names: Tropheus Moliro Firecracker, Tropheus red Moliro, Tropheus sp. Moliro, Tropheus Moliro |
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Technical Info
Temperature: 26 - 28 ℃
pH: 8 - 8.5
GH: 10 - 20
Max size: 10 cm
Min Tank size: 100 Ltr
Food
Feed plenty of algae based foods including flake and pellets. They are a algae, phyto-plankton and plant eater so must have a vegetable based diet
Breeding
Tropheus Morilo is mouthbrooder. The female will take the unfertilized eggs in her mouth; eggs will be fertilized after the male release his milt into her mouth. This process occurs when the female follow the male very close to his anal fin. Fry can be feed with brine shrimps or with crushed flake foods
Compatible with
Ideal tank mates include: African Catfish, Other African Cichlids, Plecos
Note
Tropheus are an aggressive cichlid towards others of its own species so should be kept in groups of 6 or more preferably in a species aquarium.