Habitat

Found along rocky shores with other of its kind. Tropheus annectens can be found at Cape Kungwe on the Eastcoast and at M'toto on the Westcoast. The places are in the middle region of the lake. They live from 1 meter and down.

Behaviour and reproduction

It's a mouthbreader and the female have the eggs in her mouth in 20-25 days. Juveniles are about 1 cm when they leave their mothers mouth.

In the aquarium

T. annectens is best kept in an aquarium with at least 300 litres. You should decorate your aquarium with many stones. Always keep a group of at least 10 fishes.

The feeding can be a problem if you don't consider that the food must have much fibres so the intestine will have to work. Pure water, good circulation and good filtration is more factors that are important if you want to succeed with this fish.