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Kilesa
Enantiopus sp. 'Kilesa'Captive-bred, Sydney · Natural range: Kilesa, Lake Tanganyika
$75.00
Size/age: 4 - 6cm · 12 - 16 weeks
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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
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.