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Copadichromis sp."yellow jumbo" can be found along the eastern coast of the lake between Nkanda and Makanjila Point and also near Likoma Island and Chizumulu Island. This cichlid is mainly living in open water however, in the mating-season they come towards the coast where the males defends their territory on top of a big rock in reasonable shallow water nearby intermediate zones from rocks to sand. The species on these pictures where found near Chiofu. The male is not yet coloured, it becomes fully blue. In the lake the males of these species can grow to 22 cm, in the aquarium however they can grow taller because of a good feeding. The males can then grow to about 25 cm, females grow to about 16 cm. Copadichromis sp."yellow jumbo" is living mainly in open water where it`s feeding itself with plankton. You can best keep this species with multiple females in a large tank with a lot of swimming space. In the aquarium they are comfortable with any food. They take everything they get offered, like spirulina pellets, mysis, artemia, cyclops and shrimp-peas mix. 
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