Description
Fairy Cichlid & Brichard’s Lamprologus, Lyretail Cichlid, Neolamprologus brichardi, Princess of Burundi
- Size: up to 6″
- pH:7.8 to 8.5
- KH: 10 to 15o
- Temp:72-82oF
- Origin: Lake Tanganyika, Africa
- Size at shipping: about 1 – 2″
These rare species of Cichlid are native to Lake Tanganyika, in eastern Africa. This fish is a substrate spawner & only one of the few substrate-spawning cichlids that schools as well.
Brichardi specializes on feeding from the rocky biocover picking at small or nearly microscopic crustaceans & inverts. It will also feed on swarms of plankton when available.