General information - Like its entire group the golden kazumba is

highly aggressive and prone to catch "bloat". Tropheus Golden kazumba

should be kept in groups of at least 12 or more in order to spread out

aggression. With beautiful colors and with its naughty behavior the

golden kazumba is an interesting tropical fish to keep and to watch.    

Common Name - Golden Kazumba 

Scientific Name - Tropheus moorii (Kazumba) 

Family – Cichlidae  

Origin - Kazumba shore, south Tanganika Lake.

Photo by: Arnon Reisman

First discovered – Unknown  

Nutrition - Herbivorous, in nature the golden kazumba scrape algae from rocks. In captivity it requires

a varied diet, quality veggie flakes should be supplemented with fresh and frozen green food. It can

feed with "light" frozen foods such as brine shrimp or daphnia 1-2 times a week but feeding it on a

daily basis or with rich protein foods such as bloodworms can lead to Malawi bloat or to

internal parasites.   

Behavior – Aggressive 

Maintenance and care - Tropheus Golden kazumba should be kept in groups in large aquariums.

The aquarium should be decorated with lot of rocks that creates a lot of hiding places but also requires

plenty of room to swim. The tank can be decorated with only few rocks that placed randomly in the

tank. To be accurate the tank can be decorated with heavy rock formation or with 3-4 rocks but poor

rock formation can cause to territorial fights.     

Water Parameters - Temperature: 77F-79F, PH: 8- 8.8 

Breeding - Golden kazumba are mouthbrooders. The female will take the unfertilized eggs in her

mouth; eggs will be fertilized after the male release his milt into her mouth. This process occurs when

the female follow the male very close to his anal fin. Female Golden kazumba lays up to 20 eggs.