Protomelas sp."steveni taiwan" is a beautiful "non-mbuna". The young ones and the females have a black stripe on a dark silvergrey underground. The male in my aquarium is about 15 cm, the females 12 to 13 cm.

In Lake Malawi, they live together with mbuna in rocky environments. In the aquarium it's nearly the same and they are showing almost no interest in others.
But, this changes when the time has come for mating. The male defended a large rock in my aquarium during the entire year. When mating time was over, he didn't defend it furiously en lets other fish come closer. But, during mating time, he changed into a busy fish and he was able to strike at any fish coming too close. He didn't hurt them though, he only chased them away. This was a beautiful experience to see. (also see the pictures of deposal)

This is a species you can best keep in a large tank with multiple hideouts for other inhabitants and females. Make sure there is enough space to swim, though.
In my aquarium they eated everything I offered.

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