Charlie

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SinisterKisses

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Charlie is the A. compressiceps that I bought on a whim last week. He seems to be getting more and more settled in every day, and he's started to spend more time out and about - making it easier to get better, clearer photos of him! Its really easy to do if I coax him out with some brine shrimp too...he loves that stuff. Anyway, here's a few from today.

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In his favorite cave
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Hunting for brine shrimp
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Cruising around
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More hunting
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Awsome fish!

Very nice clear pics.
 
Thanks! I love him, he's my new obsession. I'm getting two more comps, and 6 inkfin calvus within the next week or two, so that Charlie will have buddies :D
 
Compressiceps and Calvus were my absolute favorite Tankganyikan Cichlids :). Have you had the pleasure of seeing their defense postures yet?
 
I haven't. I've only had Charlie for about a week, and he's currently by himself (except a couple dithers). However, I've set up with a breeder to buy 4 Inkfin calvus, and 2 more comps, plus another 2 inkfins from a friend of mine. I'm totally excited to get them all together.
 
Nice! The way they defend themselves is to arch their sides towards their attacker to expose the scale edges. As the attacker bites, he gets a nicely cut lip. Some of my other cichlids learned their lesson the hard way, haha. Although it's kinda savage, it's pretty neat to watch. Eventually the calvus/compressiceps keep everyone in check.
 
Sounds cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Lol who knows, maybe Charlie will find the need to defends himself against the evil dithers ;)
 
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