Goldface Compressiceps
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Thanks again everyone!
tankmates, I originally bought 4 about a year and a half ago. From watching them interact and oberving their physical characteristics I concluded that I had 3 males and 1 female. Unfortunatly I lost one male when we tried to move them , he flung himself out of the near empty tank and clear across the room. I never found the body
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I moved recently and I keep a pair in my boyfriend's 60 gallon tank with his Tangs. He wants to uprade very soon though.
tankmates, I originally bought 4 about a year and a half ago. From watching them interact and oberving their physical characteristics I concluded that I had 3 males and 1 female. Unfortunatly I lost one male when we tried to move them , he flung himself out of the near empty tank and clear across the room. I never found the body
.I moved recently and I keep a pair in my boyfriend's 60 gallon tank with his Tangs. He wants to uprade very soon though.
Those are one of my favorite Africans. I have been seeing a few different types at stores but it always seems to be mixed batches. I want to buy a nice group in the near future. You just gotta love the mug on those fish.
how big would you say would be a minimum for them? i havent had much experience with them! besides holding some for a lil for my friends!
what about size and growth rate!
i didnt keep them for too long so i dont kno too much about them! but have always been interested in them whn i have a tank free up i will most likely get some!
how bout any tank mates in a 55?
i didnt keep them for too long so i dont kno too much about them! but have always been interested in them whn i have a tank free up i will most likely get some!
how bout any tank mates in a 55?
I've had my for about a year and a half and the males have grown only an inch. The female even less.
In a 55 you can manage a nice community with a pair of comps, some decent sized shellies like N. ocellatus, N. stappersi or N. speciosus and rockdwellers like Julies and the more mild-mannered brichardi complex Neolamps like N. gracilis, N. marunguensis and N. splendens (aka helianthus) or non brichardi Neolamps like N. leleupi or cylindricus or shelly/rockdwellers (species who's males may reside in rocks while females prefer shells) like Telmatochromis vitattus, Lepidio. boulengeri, Lepidio. hecqui, N. calliurus, N. caudopunctatus or N. leloupi. Maybe even with a group of small Cyprichromis leptosoma like the nice variant from Utinta.
A good goal would be to shoot for 2 pairs of rockdwellers at most. You could do 1 pair of rockdweller and a colony of shellies or shelly/rockdwellers. There are other things you could try as well, there are no strict stocking guidelines. There are lots of places to get feedback on Tang communities. A good place to look is duboisi.com.
In a 55 you can manage a nice community with a pair of comps, some decent sized shellies like N. ocellatus, N. stappersi or N. speciosus and rockdwellers like Julies and the more mild-mannered brichardi complex Neolamps like N. gracilis, N. marunguensis and N. splendens (aka helianthus) or non brichardi Neolamps like N. leleupi or cylindricus or shelly/rockdwellers (species who's males may reside in rocks while females prefer shells) like Telmatochromis vitattus, Lepidio. boulengeri, Lepidio. hecqui, N. calliurus, N. caudopunctatus or N. leloupi. Maybe even with a group of small Cyprichromis leptosoma like the nice variant from Utinta.
A good goal would be to shoot for 2 pairs of rockdwellers at most. You could do 1 pair of rockdweller and a colony of shellies or shelly/rockdwellers. There are other things you could try as well, there are no strict stocking guidelines. There are lots of places to get feedback on Tang communities. A good place to look is duboisi.com.
ok makes sense when i had mine i didnt see to much aggression with them but then a gain they werent breeding!
how big till breeding age!?
where'd you get them? lfs? website!?
how big till breeding age!?
where'd you get them? lfs? website!?
