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Gephyrochromis sp."sand" (formerly known as Pseudotropheus sp."tropheops sand" and Tropheops sp."sand") is mainly living above a sandy bottom in the neighbourhood of rocky habitats. Mainly they can be found in the northeastern part of the lake along the tanzanian coast from Liuli towards the south till at least near Londo in Mozambique where they can be found most of the times in reasonable shallow water on depths of about 5 meters. They have also been spotted near Membe Point (Likoma Island) however there they were seen on a depth of about 30 meters. These examples were caught near Londo. In the lake the males of these species can grow to 10 cm, in the aquarium however they can grow a little taller because of a good feeding. The males can then grow to about 12 cm, females grow to about 8 cm. Gephyrochromis sp."sand" is in common a real peaceful cichlid. You can best keep this species with other peaceful (Mbuna) species and multiple females in a tank with enough places to hide. In the lake they are seeking the sedimentlayer on the sand for food, probably they are are feeding themselves mainly with pebble-algae. 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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