Planet Zoo 2 · Animal database
Blunthead Cichlid
Tropheus moorii
Blunthead Cichlid is included in Planet Zoo 2’s base game. Frontier lists aquarium and exhibit habitats. Check the published requirements below before adding it to your zoo.
Confirmed profile
Official roster- Edition
- Base gameNo Deluxe upgrade needed
- Habitat type
- Aquarium · ExhibitFrontier lists both aquarium and exhibit use.
- Regions
- Africa
- Scientific name
- Tropheus moorii
Biomes
- Lakes and Rivers
Frontier’s biome and region labels help you plan a zoo theme. They do not establish which animals can share an enclosure.
Care & breeding
Frontier web ZoopediaThese are Frontier’s published values, checked 19 October 2026. They have not been tested in our own game. Missing values stay marked as unavailable. Food enrichment is listed separately from a complete diet or feeder list.
Space values: 1 adult in Frontier’s calculator. Larger groups can need more space. Compare the group limits separately; this calculator setting is not a recommended group size.
Breeding changed in update 1.0.6. Frontier reduced exhibit fertility. The figures below were captured before that update; their current in-game values still need checking.
Space & water
Minimum enclosure size and any required water depth.
- Minimum space
- Deep water area: 50m²
- Water depth
- Not in checked sources
Care & welfare
Temperature and enrichment published by Frontier.
- Temperature
- 24°C to 27°C
- Humidity
- Not in checked sources
- Salinity
- Freshwater
- Food enrichment
- Aquatic Feeder - Flakes
- Habitat enrichment
- Not in checked sources
Social & breeding
Group limits, compatible species and breeding requirements.
- Group size
- Mixed: 1 - 5
- Compatible species
- 0 Thriving3 Neutral. See the species lists below.
- Breeding
- Gestation / Incubation Period: 1 monthsInterbirth Period: 5 monthsReproduction Difficulty: EasyAge Of Sexual Maturity: 1 yearsAge Of Sexual Sterility: Death
Species relationships
Official listsThese are the Thriving and Neutral lists on this animal’s own Frontier entry. The reverse lists can differ, so check both profiles as well as each animal’s enclosure requirements. An unlisted pair is unknown here.
Thriving (0)
No species listed by Frontier.
Neutral (3)
From Frontier’s Zoopedia
Natural historyFrontier publishes the following information about the animal in nature. These are not confirmed enclosure limits, feeding equipment or breeding mechanics for Planet Zoo 2.
- Classification
- Actinopterygii · Cichliformes · Cichlidae · Tropheus
- Conservation label
- Least Concern
Blunthead Cichlid, answered
Do you need Deluxe for Blunthead Cichlid?
No. Frontier lists this animal in the base game.
Which habitat does Blunthead Cichlid use?
Frontier lists Aquarium and Exhibit. Its biome labels are Lakes and Rivers.
Can Blunthead Cichlid share an enclosure with other animals?
Frontier publishes Thriving and Neutral relationship lists for this animal. See the named species above and check both animals’ enclosure requirements. We have not tested these combinations in our own game.
Patch notes
Frontier reduced fertility rates for exhibit animals. No replacement rates are listed in the patch notes; the breeding figures above come from the web Zoopedia checked on 19 October and have not been rechecked in-game after this update.
Frontier update 1.0.6 · ↗
Aquarium temperature is no longer affected by coolers or heaters. Frontier also fixed aquarium animals sometimes failing to respond to extreme temperatures caused by those devices, and reduced the amount of boxing in aquariums. No replacement species temperature ranges are listed in these patch notes.
Frontier update 1.0.6 · ↗
Sources & data status
Frontier’s official Blunthead Cichlid Zoopedia entry ↗
Frontier’s official animal roster ↗
Source checked . Roster, published care statistics and relationship lists were read from Frontier’s web Zoopedia. These values have not been verified in our own game. Care, group limits and breeding have not been checked in our own game yet.