Black Calvus spawn!

[chriscoli]

I've been offering them a "calvus cave" and some other Calvus-friendly shells....mainly so that the female can hide from the male. There's an enormous size difference in this pair and he killed the original female that I bought him with.

The other day, just for the heck of it, I threw in a pleco cave that I figured the L. leleupi might like. A day or so later, I saw her going in and out of it while doing a "look at me" dance in front of the male. Another two days, and she's guarding eggs and I have wigglers today! I seriously didn't expect them to spawn....as I mentioned, there are leleupi in the tank as well as a very gregarious group of Mbipia and a bunch of Syno lucipinnis.

I think I'll pull her brood into a breeder box tonight just in case. I've seen her straying away for long stretches of time today.

 

[Ading522]

congrats!! wow.. you're really getting the fish going!

 

[Beeman]

For God's sake Christine, is there anything that doesn't procreate in your household? I swear, is it more than a day that goes by that you aren't posting another spawn? I think there may be more than a few barren couples that may want to spend a few days in your home, or simply have a glass of water Congrates if it all comes to fruition. :happy0158:

 

[chriscoli]

I moved them into a Marina breeder box tonight.

 

[MarkK]

Congrats on the spawn!

 

[zackcrack00]

Congratulations!

 

[chriscoli]

Thanks, they're still doing ok....they haven't finished absorbing their yolk sacs yet, but they aren't all stuck together in one giant blob in the corner anymore, either.

 

[thedavidzoo]

Congrats! Please take notes for us on what you are doing, what you feed, etc. as this progresses.
I have had a very bad time keeping calvus fry alive. I got a new Marina box in the hopes of getting some to survive with this "new" method. Maybe you can develop a new CCA-calvus-protocol...

 

[Forester]

Congrats!!!

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[chriscoli]

So the original batch of eggs didn't make it (totally my mistake) but I noticed that she spawned again this weekend....this time she's being a bit more lax about guarding the eggs and is hanging out right outside the cave entrance, rather than laying in there with them like last time. I hope she's fanning them occasionally!

 

[jonclark96]

Doesn't she know that's a pleco cave and not a calvus cave?

Silly fish




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[chriscoli]

I'm not sure she does, but I'm not going to argue with her!

 

[cabinetmkr39]

Great job Christine, they are really cool fish.

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

Glad to see she's back in action, good luck with this batch.

 

[chriscoli]

I transferred the wigglers to a breeder box today.

 

[YSS]

I just got three calvus from Travis on Sunday and searching the forum to see if anyone got his/her calvus to spawn and found this thread. Looks like I will need to provide a cave or something similar. The fish are in my 265G. I currently have two large lace rock piles but they are occupied by several generations of Brichardis.

 

[chriscoli]

Yes, definitely need a cave. you MIGHT be able to arrange the rocks in a way that they like but it's a long shot.

I find that if the female doesn't fit into a pleco cave, she might choose a large shell instead. My Comps will spawn in a SCC calvus cave but only if it's laying on its side horizontally.

 

[YSS]

Thanks, Christine. I don't really breed fish, but thought it would be cool to see if the Calvus would breed and have a few surviving fry here and there.