Description
Neolamprologus Multifasciatus hail from Lake Tanganyika in Eastern Africa. Growing up to 5cm in length, these fascinating freshwater cichlids are renowned for many reasons; firstly, they are the smallest cichlid in the world, the females only growing to 2.5cm in adulthood, secondly, they are shell dwellers, and extremely territorial of the shells that they occupy, defending their boundaries from fish much larger than themselves to protect their colony. In the wild, Neolamprologus Multifasciatus will occupy empty gastropod shells, in an aquarium you can substitute gastropod shells for empty snail shells. It’s best to provide a range of sizes and then the fish will choose which they occupy, aim for six shells per fish.
At Wirral Aquatics we feed our Neolamprologus Multifasciatus EBO Pro soft artemia powder. We also feed live foods including brine shrimp, cyclops and daphnia.
Tank compatibility & care
Ordering livestock
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