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Group care guide

Lake Tanganyika cichlids

  • Use species-specific alkaline-water parameters and stable, well-oxygenated conditions. For N. multifasciatus, Seriously Fish gives pH 7.5–9.0 and general hardness 8–25 dGH.
  • Shell-dwellers need beds of empty snail shells; rock-dwellers like Julidochromis need stacked rockwork; Tropheus need large groups and spacious tanks.
  • Tropheus moorii needs a vegetable-based staple with small suitable live/frozen supplements. Other Tanganyikans need their own feeding plan; shell-dweller and predator diets differ.
Water76–81°F

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Altolamprologus 2

Benthochromis 1

Boulengerochromis 1

Callochromis 1

Cyathopharynx 1

Cyphotilapia 2

Cyprichromis 2

Ectodus 1

Eretmodus 1

Gnathochromis 1

Julidochromis 5

Lamprologus 8

Lestradea 1

Neolamprologus 14

Ophthalmotilapia 3

Paracyprichromis 2

Petrochromis 1

Reganochromis 1

Tanganicodus 1

Telmatochromis 1

Tropheus 3

Variabilichromis 1

Xenotilapia 3