gianniz Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 i've added few large shells and for the last couple of days, i've seen a boy and a girl kinda hanging around the shell. firstly the girl came to lure the boy and the boy kept chasing her from the shell. she would slowly swim back to the boy ever so slowly and some times the boy will tolerate her and other times she'll get chased off again. few times i've seen the female go into the shell and the male kinda hovering on top of it. tonight i was searching for the pair and for some weird reason I can't find the boy but the girl is sitting on top of the shell. i'm 90% sure it is the girl that is hanging ontop of shell and has a huge eggtube out!! lol i've also noticed another big boy came up to the shell and she blocked off the entrance with her body so the big boy couldn't go in. i am thinking, these behaviours are what i normally notice from a boy??? anyway can alto experts clarify this for me. i'll do more observations tomorrow. ps the fish are around 4.5-5cm for the girls and 6cm for the boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcichlid Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Hi I dont have alto comps, but my Calvus exhibit the same behaviour when they are breeding. HTH Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 My males try and entice the females to go into the shell and at times they go in there but not for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 after careful observation, it turned out the one that was infront of the shell was the female. hopefully i'll be looking for the missing female any day now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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