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Tropheops sp."orange chest" (formerly known as Tropheops tropheops) is found in a rocky environment, in the southern part of the lake between Nankoma Island and Chemwezi Rocks. Almost in every population of Tropheops sp."orange chest" you can find OB-females, "marmelade cats" however are very rare. This variant can be found near Makokola Reef. In the lake the males of these species can grow to 10 cm, in the aquarium however they can grow taller because of a good feeding. The males can then grow to about 14 cm, females grow to about 10 cm. Tropheops sp."orange chest" is sometimes a very intolerant cichlid against all inhabitants in the aquarium. You can best keep this species with multiple females and other mbunas in an aquarium with a lot of hiding places. In the lake they are mainly feeding themselves with algae which they can find on the rocks. They take everything they get offered, like spirulina pellets, mysis, artemia, cyclops and shrimp-peas mix. Food rich of algae like spirulina pellets or flakes is very important to them so this should not be missing on their menu. 
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