Altolamprologus compressiceps Fire Fin

Here's some crappy pics of my wild caught Fire Fin comp.





Female guarding eggs.





This is their home, 40 long divided. 3 foot breeding chamber / 10 inch fry chamber. Filtration is a Hamburg Mattenfilter (see my DIY ) and a Penguin 330 HOB.

very very nice love that fish you should get some more pics

That Firefin has some of the best red coloration of any I have ever seen.

how big are the fry now?

poolmako wrote:how big are the fry now?

The biggest are probably just over a half inch long, still very small. When people said they grow slow, they weren't kiddin

Hopefully they'll hit another growth spurt soon.

updated pic

i love it maybe a lil higher out put on the flash



time for a new avatar

Zeke was all the way at the back of the tank on that shot, I'll have to try upping the flash intensity for those shots... he spends a lot of time back there playing peek a boo

lol well still great shot and man he is a stunna

wicked fry pics

I love your fire fin. I think they are the prettiest fw fish I have ever seen!!! I can't wait till your fry are big enough to ship yo me. lol

Thanks Nicole!!! The fry are finally starting to look like they've grown some, still small lil fella's tho. I'm trying to fatten em up for ya tho, hopefully it won't be much longer

wow man getting good with the cam and when you going to change your avatar pic? to a good pic of your fire fin male?

Rift_Lakes_Rule wrote:

I love this pic. Awesome looking fish!

Thanks Mike

I like this one. It's awfully cute.



I don't know why I expected the babies to look like tiny versions of the parents.

Thanks Betty, that lil guy is about 1 1/4" long now. Lookin more and more like a comp all the time. If I can ever remember to get some batteries I'll get a pic of him.

I love the body shape of the compressiceps . I´m gonna start a Tanganyika tank in the future. I have a juvi tank with 13 Neo. leleupi. Do u know if they will work together with compressiceps in a 66-80 gallon tank?

Thanks Swede. They should be fine in that size tank. They occupy the same types of territories but the comps will set up shop in one spot and stay there, the other fish will figure out where they can and can't go. That's one cool thing about them, they don't claim the whole tank and don't bother the other fish to much, just don't try to pet them when they're spawning or have babies in the tank

Aura wrote:I like this one. It's awfully cute.



I don't know why I expected the babies to look like tiny versions of the parents.

Just an update, this guy now belongs to Danger Chicken, hopefully we can watch him grow up as Mike takes exceptional photo's. (hint hint hint )

Rift_Lakes_Rule wrote:Thanks Swede. They should be fine in that size tank. They occupy the same types of territories but the comps will set up shop in one spot and stay there, the other fish will figure out where they can and can't go. That's one cool thing about them, they don't claim the whole tank and don't bother the other fish to much, just don't try to pet them when they're spawning or have babies in the tank

Would u go for a par, or more?

If you are buying juvies you'll want to start with 6, if you're buying adults a trio. You'll want to end up with 1 male and as many females as he will accept. I bought a trio of comps and a trio of calvus (all wild adults) and I ended up with a pair of each and the calvus still aren't really a pair, they have a on and off relationship and so far they haven't been on when the female was ready to spawn ... I think the male is too impatient. Wether you buy juvies or adults, the fish will decide amongst themselves who stays and who goes and you won't have any problem figuring out the choices they've made