Moba & MPIMBWE

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love your tank
 
very nice frontosa. are they F0 or F1?

Cypho: (Greek) means "hump."

Tilapia: means "fish" in the language spoken in the area around Lake Ngami, Africa.

Frontosa: (Latin) means "with big forehead."

Common Name(s): Frontosa

Food: carnivorous, but will accept dead (beef heart, liver, other tissues) or packaged foods (flakes, pellets, sticks, etc.)

Similar Species: none

Habitat: rocky waters with sandy bottoms at depths of approximately 60 feet

Origin: Lake Tanganyika

Other Name(s): none

Previous Name(s): Paratilapia frontosa, Pelmatochromis frontosus

Size: male - 16 inches; female - 10 inches

Water: 72-83ºF; pH - 7.8-9.5; 10-20ºdH; hard and alkalinic

Variants: Blue Mpimbwe, Blue Zaire, Burundi, Kasanga, Kigoma, Kipili, Zaire, Zambia
 
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