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Tropheops sp."yellow gular" is living in reasonable shallow water where they remain in rocky environments but also in intermediate zones from rocks to sand. They can be found between Tumbi Point in Mozambique and Chimwalani Reef. There are existing several geographic color variants of this species like this one which can be found in the neighbourhood of Gome. The young male in the picture however needs to color up. In the lake the males of these species can grow to 12 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."yellow gular" can sometimes be pretty intolerant towards male conspecifics, against other inhabitants they are in general tolerant. 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 from the rocks. In the aquarium they are comfortable with any food. 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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