Kilesa

Name: Kilesa (Enantiopus sp. 'Kilesa')
Brand: Aqua Nest
SKU: enantiopus-kilesa
Price: 75.00 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Captive-bred, Sydney · Natural range: Kilesa, Lake Tanganyika

$75.00

Size/age: 4 - 6cm · 12 - 16 weeks

Recommended purchase: Group

Australian captive bred
Bred and raised in our Sydney fish room
Quarantined and health checked
Carefully oxygen-packed for transport
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A peaceful, sand-sifting mouthbrooder with striking finnage, best kept over a soft sand bed.

Care requirements

Temperament: Peaceful, shoaling sand-dweller
Minimum tank size: 4ft / 200L+
Water parameters: pH 7.8 - 9.0 · 24 - 27°C · 10 - 20 dGH
Diet: Micro-organism feeder — fine sinking pellet, small live/frozen food; sifts sand for food

See how Kilesa compares to other species in our Species Care Guide.

About Kilesa

Enantiopus sp. 'Kilesa' is a peaceful, open-sand-dwelling mouthbrooder from the Kilesa collection point, closely related to Xenotilapia. It spends its day sifting fine sand for food and does best over a soft, deep sand substrate with open swimming space. A calm, sociable species best kept in a group.

Kilesa

Care requirements

About Kilesa

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