If you mean the awesome colours, that's natural.

You shouln't mix tropheus with lamps or cyps because of dietary requirements.

Thanks Albert, that's what I thought.

What are good tankmates for tropheus? I heard that julidichromis would be suitable, but isn't their diet similar to lamps and cyps?

CALVUS CALVUS BLACK INK JET OR WHITE CALVUS CICHLID. Awsome fish awsome. ONly downfall they are a slow grower. I would stay awy from Brichardis they will take over your tank.

Seeing as how Trpheus eat algae I figured it would be ok. Just supplement theirs with waffers.

No, doesn't work. The thing about Tropheus is that they have a very long intestinal tract that's adapted to digesting plant material (high-fibre). It's not so much that they aren't getting the plant material from their food, but rather that the high protein content found in most conventional cichlid foods does not pass through their gut properly and causes bloat.

Can't target feed? If you put some veg into the rocks before feeding the
rest, wouldn't that keep them from eating regular food?

Not trying to cause problems but this article is interesting
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/t_moorii.php

Kind of what I was thinking about the veg into the rocks.
More input is welcome :smile:

Are you planning to target feed ALL the fish? How do you plan to keep the Tropheus from eating any food you place in for the other fish?

One thing you can do if you're set on mixing Tropheus is to make sure that you're only feeding what's acceptable for the Tropheus. No high protein preparations, no brine shrimp, no blood worms, etc. That could work, but I'm still impartial to the idea.

Have you ever seen a colony of tropheus at feeding time? They are one of the more aggressive eaters you can keep in a tank. I doubt you could convince them to stop after the salad course.