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Aulonocara jacobfreibergi, which has several geographical variants, can be found all around the lake. All these variants have their own specific color pattern and also different trade names, like this one. However, this albino variant cannīt be found in Lake Malawi because itīs a color variant gained by selective breeding of the original "eureka" variant. This Aulonocara species lives mainly in caves. The males of these species can grow to 14 cm when they get well fed in the aquarium. The females grow to about 10 cm. Aulonocara jacobfreibergi is searching the sand for food and lives mainly of the invertebrates they find in the sand. They are quietly hanging above the sandbottom and "listen" to the sand. When they "hear" their prey, they take a big bite of sand and jig this sand through their gills so that the invertebrates stay in their mouth. It`s a quiet, peaceful cichlid which can be hold best with other quiet species, mbuna are generally too aggresive. 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. 
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