H. Carpintis “Escondido”

[danotaylor]

This thread will be dedicated to my carpintis pair. I believe they are male & female given the body/head shape.

At present they’re in a 125gal with some tropheus that I have sold & being picked up early Feb. The carpintis were 1.25 & 1.5” when I bought them and have grown up with this group of tropheus.

They wound up together kinda by accident when I bought them for my wife (her fav fish) but hadn’t thought through housing them very well.
The could have gone into the 470gal w my Mdoka group, but they were too small at the time as the mdokas were 6-9”.

Anyway, they have done well with the trophs and are now about 3.5 & 4.5”. Fortunately they share similar water param’s, higher pH & harder water, which is what comes out of my faucet.

Once the trophs are gone I will be rescaping the tank and will post some video at that time.

For now here’s a few pics of the pair…









I believe this is the female…

 

[danotaylor]

I believe this one is the male…

 

[jonclark96]

Females will have a black blotch in the dorsal fin. Both look male to me.

 

[danotaylor]

Females will have a black blotch in the dorsal fin. Both look male to me.

Thanks for your input Jon. I did wonder about that, but another experienced CA keeper said the angle of the forehead was a telling sign as well. Steeper being male, less angle slope being female. They didn’t comment about my specific 2 carpintis, just in the general sense.

When I pull the tropheus out next month I will just vent them. Hopefully they’re big enough & the vent is obvious enough for my not so great aging eyesight