frankenstrat Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 its time for me to move a couple on...i have 6 black calvus, 2 m and 4 f.i want opinions on which male to keep, 1 is 8cm and chunky but quite pale in colour, the other is about 1cm smaller, not as thick but darker in colour and better spangling.would it be wise to keep the larger paler one (he is dominant), or go for the better looking one? (im hoping they breed soon)also, females all look good, but i only want 3, range in size from 5-6cm...probably wise to sell the smallest one as part of the pair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsplakat Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 id go with the better looking one! if your patient haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albie Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 This may sound silly but why would you want to get rid of calvus?The more the merrier,i have around 30 ranging 4cm breeding females to 8cm males all in a 4X18X18 and dont stop breeding.I show people videos of the tiny 4cm females with fry and they laugh!I would be hanging onto them but others may think otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 This may sound silly but why would you want to get rid of calvus?The more the merrier,i have around 30 ranging 4cm breeding females to 8cm males all in a 4X18X18 and dont stop breeding.I show people videos of the tiny 4cm females with fry and they laugh!I would be hanging onto them but others may think otherwise.thats good to know, i just assumed the males would eventually start to fight and possibly, they would all start to eat the fry.i was only going to sell a pair because a single male might not sell that easily.i think ill hang on to them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 what size tank are they in Luke ?I've got 2M 4F in a 2' x 2' x 18" and no problemsalpha male rules the tank but nothing more than a bit of sparingand then they go off to their girlsI have a nice lump of Texas holey rock with some shells and barnacleclusters to break up the territories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 im using exactly the same size tank chris, i have some of the shells on glass that george makes and also some of lionels calvus weges at each end of the tank.ill find a chuck of rock for the middle to break it up, although they all pretty much hang around one corner together, except when they are chasing shrimp or other live fry.do you use substrate chris? i have a bare bottom at the moment....the tank that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 minimal layer of crushed medium coarse coral spread outjust for something to pick throughalso have a couple of Brevis and some regani Kipilli with themand 6 guppies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 ill put some gravel in, i did have guppies in there, they became a snack i think...do you reckon n. chrystyi will be ok with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 the Christyi are still small but I think they should be Okwith the CalvusChristyi get to about 15 - 20 cm from memory when full grown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 wow i didnt think they got that big, i ll find something else to put in with them.ill keep putting guppies for the time being, may have to get a couple of regani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 yep 8" = 20cmhttp://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1604http://users.kent.net/~lisab/Nchristyi.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosedagoose Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 2 males are better in my opinion, then they can compete for females and the right to spawn. I would be keeping both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorrylan Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 thats good to know,Lol it's threads like this that put the 'ace is dead ' thread and all the silly facebook pages in their place.Calvus raising advice from Chris and 'Con the hairy calvus man' is like asking the calvus themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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