Copadichromis borleyi "Red fin" Kadango.

Great looking fish!

That's a man for you just don't wait.

cichlidman wrote:That's a man for you just don't wait.

He did the business with female number two today. Will be interesting to see if they go full term or not.

Two holding females.


By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-01-11

They look so pretty -- positively glowing.

Are you going to try and keep the fry?

Aura wrote:They look so pretty -- positively glowing.

Are you going to try and keep the fry?

I think so. I have a friend that only have three males, so he might take some of them.

This will be your chance to see how difficult they will be to catch with the new background!

Aura wrote:This will be your chance to see how difficult they will be to catch with the new background!

Yeah, you are right. Thanks for reminding me . Maybe this will work

Congrats on the spawns. Should be interesting to see if the females slow in grow at all - or not grow as large. From my experience - females that spawn young don't always reach their full growth potential.

why_spyder wrote:Congrats on the spawns. Should be interesting to see if the females slow in grow at all - or not grow as large. From my experience - females that spawn young don't always reach their full growth potential.

Yes, that is true. I´ve had several females like that. I have a golden that spawn early and she is still rather small after three years.

I saw my mbunas hunting some red fin fry today, and the female is no longer holding. She was only holding for 16 days. I was planing to take her out day 18. Well better luck next time I guess. The other female was only holding for about a week.

That's too bad, but it might not be a bad thing for the female's health this early on. Plus now you don't have to try to catch her!

Aura wrote: Plus now you don't have to try to catch her!

Yeah, you are right.

congrats! very nice looking borleyis!

New pics.


By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-02-02

By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-02-02

By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-02-02

By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-02-02

Their finnage is so nice! Good lookin' fish, there.

By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-04-07

By thesweed, shot with Canon EOS 450D at 2010-04-07

very pretty fish great pics

Thanks, i love how the halogenlight makes the females fins glow.

Very nice Håkan!!! They're lookin great

Thanks Mike! I´m happy with the color of the male. He´s getting more and more red.

He's definitely growing into a real stunner!!! These are actually one of my favorite haps, I'm not a big fan of the peacocks and haps but there are some that I like and this is one of em