Similis shell-dweller
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Cichlids · Neolamprologus
- 24–27°C
- pH 7.5–9!
- Calm
- 1.8 in
- Bottom
- Meat
- Territorial!
- 2+ group
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
Similis shell-dweller
Neolamprologus similis
Southern Lake Tanganyika (DR Congo, Tanzania): shell beds 10-45 m · lake
- Temperature
- 24–27°C
- pH
- 7.5–9
- Adult size
- 1.8 in · 4.5 cm
- Flow
- Calm
- Swims
- Bottom
- Temperament
- Territorial
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- 2+
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
savethelittlefish.org/species/similis-shell-dweller/
Photo: berzentei, Yvonne Turkans, CC BY-SA 3.0