Sumbu Compressiceps

Name: Sumbu Compressiceps (Altolamprologus compressiceps 'Sumbu')
Brand: Aqua Nest
SKU: altolamprologus-compressiceps-sumbu
Price: 155.00 AUD
Availability: LimitedAvailability

Altolamprologus compressiceps 'Sumbu'Low stock — 3 available

Captive-bred, Sydney · Natural range: Sumbu, Lake Tanganyika

$155.00

Size/age: 4 - 6cm · 20 - 24 weeks

Recommended purchase: Single fish or mated pair

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Australian captive bred
Bred and raised in our Sydney fish room
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Carefully oxygen-packed for transport
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The Sumbu locale variant of Compressiceps, a slightly deeper-bodied form from the Zambian shoreline.

Care requirements

Temperament: Reclusive predator, best kept singly or in a mated pair
Minimum tank size: 5ft / 250L+
Water parameters: pH 7.8 - 9.0 · 24 - 27°C · 10 - 20 dGH
Diet: Carnivore — prefers meaty frozen/live food, ambushes small fish and fry

See how Sumbu Compressiceps compares to other species in our Species Care Guide.

About Sumbu Compressiceps

This Sumbu-locale Altolamprologus compressiceps hails from the Zambian side of Lake Tanganyika. Like other compressiceps, it's a laterally compressed ambush predator that spends most of its time tucked into a shell or rock crevice, emerging to hunt.

Sumbu Compressiceps

Care requirements

About Sumbu Compressiceps

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