Copadichromis borleyi "Kadango" is a beautifully coloured "utaka". The males have a red colour, depending on the amount of light which falls on it`s body, and a blue head. The females are silvergray with orange-red fins.

Copadichromis borleyi are living in open water, so they need a lot of swimming space in an aquarium. This is not an inhabitant for a small aquarium, also because of the sizes it can get.
My last "Kadango" male was over 22 cm and got too big for this aquarium. I sold the entire group en replaced them with a younger group. This male was about 15 cm, the females a bit smaller. I also sold this group last year because I want to have more "mbuna" in my tank.

The females dropped their eggs against the side wall on the right side in the aquarium. During mating the male defended his territory fiercely and he chased all other fish away. Otherwise, it was a calm species which didn't care about other inhabitants.

This type also eated all offered food without problems.

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