"Julidochromis" are small-growing dwarf cichlids and easy to spawn and care for if their basic needs are fulfilled. Like all Lake Tanganyika cichlids, they are best maintained in hard alkaline water, with a pH of 8.5–9.0 and a hardness of 12–14 kH, and in aquaria no smaller than . Only one species of "Julidochromis" should be kept in any single aquarium, as the species within this genus tend to hybridise easily. As noted above, hybridisation with "Chalinochromis" and/or "Telmatochromis" is suspected, and it is common enough in Lamprologini to better avoid keeping more than one species of this tribe per aquarium.