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Offline Katt

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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2009, 12:53:44 AM »
Cool, glad its working out.  O0

Bet its alot better than tv.  ;D
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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2009, 07:43:46 AM »
good luck with it it mate  O0
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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2009, 09:50:51 AM »
Quote from: Katt on December 10, 2009, 12:53:44 AM
Cool, glad its working out.  O0

Bet its alot better than tv.  ;D

I find a dripping tap more exciting to watch that the TV nowadays... ;)
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220ltr Central American River:
Sajica (t-bar) Cichlid breeding pair; 1xConvict (male); 2xPim Pictus

200ltr Amazonian Pool:
Chocolate Cichlid breeding pair; 12xCorydoras(Sterbai, Loxozonus, Tritineatus, Aeneus);1xFiremouth Cichlid;1xPterygoplichthys Gibbiceps;1xmale LDA08.

150ltr Lake Tanganyika (mid range):
4xCyprichromis Leptosoma; 3xNeolamprologus Leleupi; 2xSynodontis Multipunctus; 2xAltolamprologus Calvus(black); 1xJulidochromis Transcriptus.

100ltr Planted Tank:
15xFresh Water Shrimp (5xCardina sp. Babauti; 10xJaponica);5xOtocinclus;5xThreadfin Rainbowfish (Iriatherina Werneri);3xForktail Blue-Eye Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil furcatus);3xCelebes Rainbowfish;5xEmerald Eye Rasbora;4xKhuli Loach;6xPeacock Goby;1xSiamese Algae Eater.

55ltr SE Asian planted nano:
1xFurcata Rainbow fish (adult male);2xBotia Striata;1xfemale LDA08.

55ltr S American nano:
Breeding Royal Tetras;4XLDA08.

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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2009, 01:15:57 PM »
Now it depends whether that tap was RO or HMA filtered water  ;D
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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2009, 09:26:19 PM »
Goog luck , man!  O0
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1 EBlue   JD  Female  6 in
1 Chocolate Cich.  Female 6 in
1 Uaru Cich   Male 5 in
1 Rokteil Red-head Sev  Female 5 in
1 Striped Raphael Cat  6 in.
4 Clown Loaches  6 in.
4 Blue Botia Loaches 5 in
1 Queen Gold Zebra Botia 4 in
1 Albino Gibby Pleco 7 in

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2- Silver Pearlscales Angels 5 in
1 Red spot Peru Altum Angel  3 in
1- Elephant Nose fish  4 in
1- Blue Phantom Pleco  5 in.
1 Spotted Raphael Cat 3 in
1- Jaguar Cat   4 in.
5- Golden Dojo Loaches  4 in.
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1 Regular Dwarf Gourami  2 in
1 Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Flame Dwarf Gourami 1 1/2 in
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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2011, 09:04:01 AM »
OK... So I arrived back home late on Easter Monday to find Mum guarding fry over her favourite shell.  Yep, they'd finally spawned.

It was too late to set up a fry tank so I left them over night. Sadly in the morning all I had left was an overturned shell and Mum perched on a rock looking exhausted.  Dad hasn't been seen for a week and a bit now so I'm a little concerned as to where he is hiding.  He's not been out for food or even shown up during the latest water change.  Mum on the other hand is perched on a rock, lying slightly cocked.  She swims to the surface for food but this looks a real struggle and it usually ends up with her plonked back on her rock after making the effort to grab some food.  All her fins look intact but she only appears to be using her pectoral fins to guide her, and it's a real effort.

So has the stress of spawning likely to have killed off Dad, or put him into hiding for a week and a half, and exhausted Mum that much that she struggles to swim? The tank's inhabitants are listed in my signature below if it helps? :-\
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220ltr Central American River:
Sajica (t-bar) Cichlid breeding pair; 1xConvict (male); 2xPim Pictus

200ltr Amazonian Pool:
Chocolate Cichlid breeding pair; 12xCorydoras(Sterbai, Loxozonus, Tritineatus, Aeneus);1xFiremouth Cichlid;1xPterygoplichthys Gibbiceps;1xmale LDA08.

150ltr Lake Tanganyika (mid range):
4xCyprichromis Leptosoma; 3xNeolamprologus Leleupi; 2xSynodontis Multipunctus; 2xAltolamprologus Calvus(black); 1xJulidochromis Transcriptus.

100ltr Planted Tank:
15xFresh Water Shrimp (5xCardina sp. Babauti; 10xJaponica);5xOtocinclus;5xThreadfin Rainbowfish (Iriatherina Werneri);3xForktail Blue-Eye Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil furcatus);3xCelebes Rainbowfish;5xEmerald Eye Rasbora;4xKhuli Loach;6xPeacock Goby;1xSiamese Algae Eater.

55ltr SE Asian planted nano:
1xFurcata Rainbow fish (adult male);2xBotia Striata;1xfemale LDA08.

55ltr S American nano:
Breeding Royal Tetras;4XLDA08.

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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2011, 12:05:55 AM »
sounds like they might have had a fight
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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2011, 11:42:02 AM »
yehh it does sound like they have had a fight :(
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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2011, 01:14:02 PM »
Yeah but the thing is the male is twice the size of the female and boss of the tank, so it's a bit strange he's gone missing.  She's not looking good at all today.  She's on her side on the top of a rock. There's no damage to any fins but she struggles to swim and just flops back down on her rock after a brief excursion.  She's still eating ok though...
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220ltr Central American River:
Sajica (t-bar) Cichlid breeding pair; 1xConvict (male); 2xPim Pictus

200ltr Amazonian Pool:
Chocolate Cichlid breeding pair; 12xCorydoras(Sterbai, Loxozonus, Tritineatus, Aeneus);1xFiremouth Cichlid;1xPterygoplichthys Gibbiceps;1xmale LDA08.

150ltr Lake Tanganyika (mid range):
4xCyprichromis Leptosoma; 3xNeolamprologus Leleupi; 2xSynodontis Multipunctus; 2xAltolamprologus Calvus(black); 1xJulidochromis Transcriptus.

100ltr Planted Tank:
15xFresh Water Shrimp (5xCardina sp. Babauti; 10xJaponica);5xOtocinclus;5xThreadfin Rainbowfish (Iriatherina Werneri);3xForktail Blue-Eye Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil furcatus);3xCelebes Rainbowfish;5xEmerald Eye Rasbora;4xKhuli Loach;6xPeacock Goby;1xSiamese Algae Eater.

55ltr SE Asian planted nano:
1xFurcata Rainbow fish (adult male);2xBotia Striata;1xfemale LDA08.

55ltr S American nano:
Breeding Royal Tetras;4XLDA08.

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Re: Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus
« Reply #24 on: May 10, 2011, 04:24:30 AM »
If it's any consolation I have had fish hide in my tank for more than 2 weeks and then reappear. And I cleaned the tank within the 2 wek period and did not find it. It just reappeared on it's own.
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