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Frontosa Cichlid
Cyphotilapia frontosa
Family: Cichlidae
📍 Lake Tanganyika, Africa
The frontosa is a majestic Lake Tanganyika cichlid with a distinctive nuchal hump and striking black-and-white vertical banding. It is a slow-moving predator that is surprisingly peaceful for its size in large colonies. A showpiece fish for large Tanganyika setups.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Carnivore – cichlid pellets, krill, mysis shrimp, whole fish
- lifespan
- 15–25 years
- max size
- 35 cm (14 in)
- tank size
- 125 gallons minimum for a colony
- temperament
- Peaceful in colonies; predatory toward small fish
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Water it likes
- ph
- 7.8–9.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 12–25 dGH
- temperature
- 75–81°F (24–27°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
72°F — 77°F seasonal range · (Jun low, Feb high)