Mylochromis anaphyrmus "Namalenje"
Mylochromis anaphyrmus is usually living above sandy and muddy bottoms on depths of more than 10 meters. They can only be found in the southern part of the lake. These examples were caught in the neighbourhood of Namalenje Island.
In the lake the males of these species can grow to 21 cm, in the aquarium however they can grow a little taller because of a good feeding. The males can then grow to about 24 cm, females grow to about 16 cm.
In the lake this species is searching the sandbottom for food where itīs mainly feeding itself with snails which they jigg out of the sand. 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.
You can best keep this species with multiple females and other big species in a large tank.
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