Tanganyika Cichlid Spawning Thread

[johannes]

Originally Posted by foreverfrontosa

Those are call striped fox conch shell, you can get them from YM.

ok now i know the name... thanks

btw wanna ask, how long does a calvus take to mature, my 2 chaitika white i bought late last year has grown from 3 cm to 4 and 4.5 cm respectively...

from what i've read, the female will stay small and male will continue to grow, so only when i notice that one stopped growing then i can see that it is a potential female?

johannes

[foreverfrontosa]

Originally Posted by johannes

ok now i know the name... thanks

btw wanna ask, how long does a calvus take to mature, my 2 chaitika white i bought late last year has grown from 3 cm to 4 and 4.5 cm respectively...

from what i've read, the female will stay small and male will continue to grow, so only when i notice that one stopped growing then i can see that it is a potential female?

johannes

The growth of the fish depends on your feeding regime, water parameter, food of choice and quantity and the fishes' appetite.

What you have mentioned is right, female will be much smaller as compared to male. I've experienced this from my fries too(the size differs a lot once the reach breeding stage) male can grow twice the size of the female but there will be an occasional stunted one or two piece out of the colony.

[foreverfrontosa]

I realized the male going close to the female's shell 8days ago shaking his body, so I suspected, observed, checked and put my hand near the shell just now and the female attacked me. With the things that I need already prepared near me(camera, portable air pump, my water scoop with water filled), I shook out about SIXTY over pieces of cute little tiny whiny babies

[tridentdiscus]

you got to change your soon....... to foreveralto

[Young Man]

Time for me to join in too


My Calvus"black pectoral". These are the eggs of my smaller female.

[Tustar]

grats to both of u update more pictures in times to come

[Young Man]

Originally Posted by Tustar

grats to both of u update more pictures in times to come

Here's one of the mom taking her picture with our logo before going back to the tank

[Young Man]

biggest female in shell before pouring out wrigglers about 60eggs

smaller female was the one with eggs (:
about 60eggs also Woohoo...

[johannes]

wow! what a harvest!

[foreverfrontosa]

Well done! I've tried many attempts on breeding "Black Pectorals" but never succeed. You just do it once and double the happiness.