Cyprichromis
Cyprichromis leptosoma
Cichlidae
About
Cyprichromis leptosoma is a slender, open-water shoaling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where huge schools hover in the mid-water above rocky slopes picking drifting zooplankton. Unusually peaceful for a cichlid, it lives in loose colonies where the colourful males flash blue and yellow finnage to court females, which brood their eggs in the mouth. It needs a long, tall tank of hard, alkaline water and the security of a large group.
Care
Keep a shoal of 8 or more in a long, well-covered tank of hard, alkaline water (pH ~8.5) at 24-26 C with open swimming space above the rockwork. Nervous jumpers, so a tight lid is essential.
Diet
Zooplankton micropredator that feeds in open water; give frequent small portions of frozen or live cyclops, daphnia and baby brine shrimp plus fine dry foods, never oversized items.
Tankmate compatibility
Gets along with (13)
Possible with care (63)
Avoid (45)
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