This is a video (although bad) of my tank at home. It was set up with a propose, rather than being visually pleasing. I wanted to create a breeding tank in which i could leave them to it and one were i can leave the fry in without stripping the mother, leaving them to start life with the group and observe how they mature with the adults, and this interaction between the 2..
There are 3 different broods here.

Its shot on my camera phone, which was on auto adjust and its pops through settings as light reflections change, its very annoying and results in a poor quality video.. so if Santa's watching...i need a camera!!!

Dayo.

very nice fish, dakrin, how many adult males are in the group.
tropheus are arguably the ultimate chalenge in freshwater fishkeeping but well worth the effort.

Thanks very much Derek.
to be honest im not sure, ive got 8 adults, the dominant male in seen alot in this clip, there is 1 other male who gives a half arsed challenge when they start breeding, but quickly gives up although this week saw a really long mouth lock battle
great to watch..
Ive 2 rock structures at either end of the tank and 2 females will take up these areas, 1 each, trying to lure the male in..
these 3 will beat the living bejezus out out the remaining group until they've breed.. although the '2nd male' gets off a bit lighter than the others and will even try his luck too !

They are a challenge as you said, but very interesting to observe, even the fry are aggressive and at 10mm will have a pecking order.

Dayo.

as a tropheus keeper and trying to be breeder, WOW is all i can say, beauties well done, and yes can agree with you my 4 fry from my first breeding already have a bit of a pecking order and their not even 3mm
Seamus

3 mm seamus,that seems a bit small for tropheus. the female must have released very early.

whoops should have said 3 cm

thats more like it. i thought that was the case as the eggs are bigger than 3 mil.