shelly Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Hi guys,I am currently trying to get my black calvus to breed and was looking for some ideas. I have read that the female needs to be able to enter the cave but it has to be small enough for the male to not fit.Is there a special cave or shell that breeders use? If so does anyone sell these or know where they can be purchased?Any info on Breeding Calvus from experiance, or links to good sorces of info, would be muchly appreciatedTIA Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydie Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 mate im in the same situation,shellls,barnicles,ect,give them time.good food and do your researchcheers boydie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Thanx Boydie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbeer Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I have seen a picture of a special cave for breeding these. Where is Shon when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorrylan Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Zigzagfish (lionel) sells a cave styled specifically for altos (it has a narrow vertical slit entrance).I have some in with several alto colonies and they've nosied around it but that's all... Though they had.already chosen shells beforehand so that's understandable.Beagly (i think) makes ones with conical shells vertically mounted on a glass base. My altos like these to hide in but have yet to breed in them.All of my alto breeding to date has been in relatively small shells that the females can fit into but not the males although not any specific shell type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 All of my alto breeding to date has been in relatively small shells that the females can fit into but not the males although not any specific shell type.Laurie, you forgot to mention that you keep them in black tubs on the floor of your fish room or is that a trade secret cheersrosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowie Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Best to start with a male and a few girls Provide them with alot of different size shells and cavesI tend to scatter them around rock formationsI run my tanks at about 26 degreesThey will pair off at breeding age or if your lucky they will breed as a groupIve bought a few breeding pairs over the years and had little luck but as soon as a few extra girls went in they were breeding nonstopCheers rowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 thanx heaps guysmuch appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorrylan Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Laurie, you forgot to mention that you keep them in black tubs on the floor of your fish room or is that a trade secret cheersroscoc'mon let me keep some tricks to myself. Not just 'keep' too. The gold comps sold in our last cdas auction were bred in that tub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 ive heard conch shells are good, i wouldnt know though i havnt tried them. i have large white round shells and they bred in them all the time, the male can fit in the biggest and its not a problem to my females,I have a breeding harem of 1 male and 3 females, think i have a spawn at the moment actually. make sure they are old enough and that you have enough females, because i have noticed my male is rough on the females outside of breeding and is territorial. more females spreads the aggression.good food, good water, place to spawn, mature and happy fish with a mate....fry.... it cant get simpler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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