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This beautiful specimen from Lake Malawi starts life as a electric blue fish with black vertical stripes.  With age the males will loose their stripes and their blue coloring to become a vibrant yellow fish.
Pseudotropheus Lombardi are mouth brooders and can breed from a young age.  Fairly easy to breed the females can brood up to 150 fry at a time depending on the size of the female.  Brooding can take up to 3 weeks and when the female is finished she will spit out the brood with the fry already free swimming at 1/4 inch or better in size.  You should house a minimum of 3 females to one male to reduce the stress to the females while the male searches for a mate.

Pseudotropheus Lombardi are omnivores and prefer algae over live foods but in your home aquarium they will accept a wide variety of foods including cichlid flakes and pellets.

The home aquarium for Pseudotropheus Lombardi should have a sandy bottom and lots of rocks and caves for hiding and breeding.  Pseudotropheus Lombardi are very aggressive and overstocking your tank can curb this behavior.