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Tropheus
Tropheus moorii
Family: Cichlidae
📍 Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Lake Tanganyika herbivore with dozens of stunning colour morphs by location. Requires a strict plant-based diet — meaty food causes deadly bloat. Best kept in large colonies of one morph.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 7.5–9.0
- diet
- strict herbivore
- maxSize
- 6 inches
- minTankSize
- 75 gallons
- temperature
- 73–81°F (23–27°C)
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Temperature
73–81°F
23–27°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
73°F — 77°F seasonal range · (Jun low, Feb high)
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