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Title: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on February 11, 2013, 09:29:18 AM

Well, I finally found my fish.   8) 

Now just to wait a couple years for them to grow.   :o

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: Super Turtleman on February 12, 2013, 09:50:58 AM

Congrats!

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on February 12, 2013, 10:11:57 AM

They look great.  Good luck !

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on February 12, 2013, 10:17:40 AM

Very happy to say that they are all eating good.  Even the little runt that is half the size of the others.

Already starting to play dominance games in the tank too.  Kind of funny to see the little fellas acting like adults.

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: LoveTheFishies on February 12, 2013, 07:08:13 PM

Nice looking fish

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Post by: robmc13 on February 13, 2013, 05:11:29 PM

They look great Ken

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Post by: css merrimac on March 11, 2013, 04:40:59 PM

Nice fish and decor. I wouldn't mind having some of those myself.  8)

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: PaulineMi on March 11, 2013, 05:02:23 PM

Very nice.  Best of luck with them over the years.  ;)

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on March 11, 2013, 05:03:37 PM

All of them are doing good... even the tiny runt.
 :D

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: gannmann101 on March 17, 2013, 02:56:06 AM

Where did you end up finding those?  The gold faces I had are down to one now.  gotta say I was upset when for no reason one of my peacocks decided he liked the way they tasted. Took so long to get them to about 2.5 inches. Good luck with them. Did you end up finding the pleco today?

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on March 17, 2013, 08:38:02 AM

I got them from a guy in South Bend, IN.

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Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on March 17, 2013, 10:04:28 AM

I smell a road trip !

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Post by: theoryguru on March 17, 2013, 10:15:48 PM

nice bunch, looks like they have a fantastic home  :D

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Post by: LoveTheFishies on March 17, 2013, 10:22:33 PM

Look great.

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on March 23, 2013, 08:26:04 AM

All 11 of them still doing good.

They are getting used to the routine. 

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on April 23, 2013, 09:06:44 AM

I cant tell that they have grown any.  We are feeding them 2-3 times a day.

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: JeffroM on April 23, 2013, 11:19:06 AM

Quote from: four_by_ken on April 23, 2013, 09:06:44 AM

I cant tell that they have grown any.  We are feeding them 2-3 times a day.

They look good but Compressiceps do take like 320 years to grow to adult size.

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on April 23, 2013, 11:24:20 AM

Yea, we knew this... which is why I am surprised we got them.  We are both so impatient with fish growth/coloration.

All together in the tanks, we have 21 of them!  What were we thinking!

11 Altolamprologus Gold Face Muzi Conpressiceps
7 Altolamprologus compressiceps Malasa
1 Black Ink Fin
1 White
1 Fire Fin

The Fire Fin is the largest at about 2 inches.   :o

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: four_by_ken on December 27, 2013, 09:38:03 AM

I never posted more pictures...

Wow!  They have actually grown!!


Looks to be about 50-50 male to female.  The females are always a dull color, where the males will change from real dark to real yellow day to day.

The one real dark male will flare his gills all the time and really show off.  Real cool to watch.

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: Steve on December 27, 2013, 11:23:32 AM

Beautiful Ken. I'd love to set up a tank for those one of these days.

Title: Re: Altolamprologus compressiceps muzi (gold face)
Post by: Sean on January 03, 2014, 04:13:18 PM

awesome