Lepidiolamprologus Profundicola

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It looks like there have been some posts on this fish over the years, but very few, and not in a long time. Based on the profiles I've read on the web, these may be exceptionally aggressive. Are they that tough? Could they get along in a Tang community (bigger fish like sexfasciatus, fronts, and some calves [which i'm worried about!]). If anyone has experience with these guys, I'd love to hear some feedback.
 
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I believe duanes duanes may have kept a lepidiolamprologus species in the past. Maybe he can give you an idea of what to expect.
 
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It looks like there have been some posts on this fish over the years, but very few, and not in a long time. Based on the profiles I've read on the web, these may be exceptionally aggressive. Are they that tough? Could they get along in a Tang community (bigger fish like sexfasciatus, fronts, and some calves [which i'm worried about!]). If anyone has experience with these guys, I'd love to hear some feedback.
I currently have a 6 inch lepidiolamprologus elongatus and previously kept other lepidiolamprologus species as well. All Lepidiolamprologus are aggressive towards its own and other lepidiolamprologus species, but peaceful to other fish. I don't think you have problem keeping a single lepidiolamprologus with the fish you list. But keeping more than one lepidiolamprologus for long term is hard. I had three originally, but only one survived. They are slow grower like Calvus, but eventually reach good size.

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My elongatus were not really aggressive at all with fish they couldn't swallow.
I kept them with a number of different species, in 6 ft planted tanks, in water about pH 8.

male about 10" female less, they spawned a number of times, and were great parents.

raised fry with Nosferatu baritone, and later with Ctenochromis horei.
 
I didn’t know elongatus can reach 10 inch. Mine is over 5 year old, still under 7 inch, so it must be a female. Mine is not aggressive and has no predatory instinct on smaller fish that can fit into her mouth. She gets along with a school of 1.5 inch Diamond tetra and a 10 inch Frontosa which is equally non aggressive and non predatory.
 
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I believe 7" is quite normal max size for wild adults, but it seems they can get larger in aquariums.
I have seen a photo of an adult freshly caught that looked much larger than 10"though (perhaps the photos angle), although the where I saw it is hazy, I think....it was from an article an old Buntbarsche Bulletin.
 
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