Lake Tanganyika Species • Altolamproloogus calvus (BCWP)

[Razzo]

Wow. Not only are the altos amazing but the photography.... breathless.

Are there any fry available by any chance?

Thank you for the kind words


endoice, I do sell and ship fry. I will send you a private message

Russ

[bigwaverider]

Razzo you got at any white calvus??????

Not that I need them now but probably in 6 months.

[Razzo]

Razzo you got at any white calvus??????

Not that I need them now but probably in 6 months.

Sorry big W, I do not

[Razzo]

I have been having fun photographing the F1 juvies. The two that I saved to grow out have been adjusting nicely to their new digs in the Muzi tank. They are starting to feel comfortable, are coloring up, and moving around a lot without fear. The two of them are working out their pecking order and when they do that they can get really dark (which I love).

These first two pics are not the greatest but they do show some interesting behavior and how dark they can get when they want

[Razzo]

A few more pics that I liked... the gape

[Razzo]

And a few more,... portraits

That classic yellow/gold forehead that most of my Black Congo White Pearl calvus fry have

[Razzo]

[Razzo]

I thought that would update this post: I saved a couple calvus BCWP fry for myself and have been growing them out in my Muzi gold head tank along with a few orange fin comps that I am growing out too. These calvus have got to be getting close to 4" My plan is to grow out a few altolamps from several species and to put them in a show tank featuring some Mikula gibberosa. Here are a few pics of the calvus BCWP that are in my Muzi tank. Hope you like...



This one is my favorite. He's got a little bit of battle damage at the front of his dorsal fin (shame bc he could have been a show fish). He also has some gold lace around the edge of his fins.

[Deeda]

Beautiful pics, as always.

Wow, 4" already? Must be the Indiana water.

[Razzo]

Beautiful pics, as always.

Wow, 4" already? Must be the Indiana water.

Thank you

I stand corrected, I measured, they are 3"

[Razzo]

I put some green plants behind a normal photo spot to see how if it helps. The calvus were a little shy after the change but I was able to zoom in a bit and get a few pics.

[Jaimemuffin]

beautiful pics! Do you still sell some of these beautiful fish? I'm looking to get into tang tank keeping!

[Razzo]

beautiful pics! Do you still sell some of these beautiful fish? I'm looking to get into tang tank keeping!

Thank you and yes. I have a group of fry that are just starting to reach 1.25"

Please shoot me a PM if you would to continue this discussion

Russ

[Razzo]

I noticed that my favorite female calvus was guarding a shell pretty closely. So, I decided to start watching to see when some new born fry might be peaking their little noses out of the mouth of the nursery shell. I had saved a clutch of Muzi gold head comp fry the week before; so, I thought, "why not a clutch of calvus fry too>"

Call me crazy

I added these little calvus to, approximately, an equal number of Muzi gold head comp fry in a 10 gallon nursery tank.



No more!

[Dawg2012]

No more!

Right . How many times have you said that?

I hope I have a small fraction of the luck you have with these guys . I lost one Calvus but the others are doing well. They don't like food so much but love live brine shrimp.