Oreochromis grahamiGraham's Soda Cichlid
Cichlidae · (Boulenger, 1912)
Graham's soda cichlid, Alcolapia grahami, is endemic to Lake Magadi in Kenya, a shallow soda lake full of hot, alkaline springs. It lives around the spring inlets and lagoons of the shoreline in water of pH 9.5-10.5 at 32-43.5 °C, and excretes urea where most fish excrete ammonia. Exceptionally rare in the hobby, it can be acclimatised slowly to more normal conditions, but the pH should not drop below 8.0 or the temperature below 28 °C.