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I was wondering if anyone has ever tried an all male Calvus/Comp tank, and if so what were the results??
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That's what have. Just 4 males in a 36" tank.DJRansome said:Wouldn't you have to try it without ANY females?
Among species, my inclination is to agree. I don’t think they would differentiate between color variants. I would be interested to hear from someone like Razzo who keeps Comps and Calvus together - not sure how they interact with each other.prov356 said:I would think that no matter which variants might be put together, they'd ignore color differences and do battle. Would you agree jrf?
Yes, I assumed that's what he was going for. Interesting idea to have an all male comp/calvus tank, like they do all male hap/peacock tanks, but I'd really doubt that it'd work. I'd think you'd have to crowd them as adults and add them all at once. It'd be hard to source, and expensive if you could, with a high risk for failure, so I doubt anyone is going to try this anytime soon. And even if they didn't kill each other, I can't see them happily swimming around together. You'd probable get one dominant one visible while the rest tried to stay out of sight.Wouldn't you have to try it without ANY females?
Agreed. Not a high chance of success in my opinion. I'm not sure they would kill eachother. But, I do think you'd end up with a lot of unhappy fish and a tank that isn't much fun to watch.prov356 said:Interesting idea to have an all male comp/calvus tank, like they do all male hap/peacock tanks, but I'd really doubt that it'd work. I'd think you'd have to crowd them as adults and add them all at once. It'd be hard to source, and expensive if you could, with a high risk for failure, so I doubt anyone is going to try this anytime soon. And even if they didn't kill each other, I can't see them happily swimming around together. You'd probable get one dominant one visible while the rest tried to stay out of sight.
Yes, it is typical to start with a group of juveniles and hope to ultimately end up with a single male and multiple females. Calvus males will support a harem of females from what I’ve heard. However, you have to keep in mind that the females also want some space for themselves and will squabble with each other. Just not to the same degree as the males.maxtmill said:Is it possible to have several juvies, then weed them out to 1 make & three females?
There’s very little reason to believe that they would differentiate between yellow and black color variants. It would still come down to one dominant male Calvus and a recipe for the cross breeding of the color variations because of the mixed females.maxtmill said:And can you house these trios of yellows & blacks in the same tank?