Altolamprologus compressiceps (Chaitika orange fin)

Shame on me, I have been treating my orange fin comps like the Rodney Dangerfield of my fish room. I probably have about 100 to 150 F1 Altolamprologus compressiceps (Chaitika orange fin) fry in one of my 55 gallon tanks. I decided to pull out a group of the larger ones (which are probably close to 2") and put them in a 10 gallon photography tank. They really are a great looking fish (or so I think 8) ). I guess, when they get to 2" I should probably stop calling them "fry" and start calling them "juvies." In any event, here are a few pics of them in the 10 gallon tank.

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F1 Altolamprologus compressiceps (Chaitika orange fin)
These two dudes where battling for the shell near the front of the tank which allowed me to get some nice shots of the battle...
Which is, precisely, why I placed that shell near the front of the tank :lol:
Altolamps are a very fun species to watch while they jockey for dominance.


I love the "namesake" orange fin






Take care,
Russ

Thanks guys

Pittbull said:

Yeah i have about 20 of the A. Compressiceps Orange Mwela some are getting close to 2" can't wait to see what these turn into..

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Pitt, I think you'll like them. You Mwela should look pretty similar to my Chaitika group. Here's a peak into the future for ya

Here's the wild parents of the above pictured F1 fry










Russ