ryanjury Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 lol Dreams are free Nav The good thing is these fish have been spawned, hopefully I am somewhere on the list as it stands, either way its good news these have been spawned and will hopefully be spread around to be made available to plenty of others in the future Apparently although they take a long time to grow and mature once they do start they produce alot of babies so hopefully there will be plenty to go around from whoever has spawned these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Bond may have been easy but he was never cheap and he certainly is easy on the eye at the moment. Bit like those two girls in the Chuck TV program...cant beleave the bruntte is evil. Or that they killed Donna off in True Blood...now she was cute with a captial everything. Anyway as I said Now someone has spawned the alto calvus...and goodness knows how they got here.... all I would need to make my day is for someone to say ahh here you go heres a couple of dozen for you to grow out ...oh and by the way you are first line line for those pesky gold heads as well, darn things. I just cant seem to get them to stop breeding. Only Boring people get bored I am told so in that case ...yup pick me lol Nav Darn, now i dont need to watch True Blood that i RECORDED yesterday to watch today :evil: :evil: :roll: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sorry Reckon thats gotta be worth a couple of free Julies (you cant blame me for trying). Dont worry, i will be watching it anyway, hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 navarres' day today has been spent opening his mouth to change feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Just need to state the fish are Altolamprologus compressiceps Not Calvis :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Just need to state the fish are Altolamprologus compressiceps Not Calvis :roll: calvus, comprecisseps, who cares - they are BOTH awesome fish hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Just wanted to make it clear as not every one would know what was bought and sold :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Has anything been bought or sold yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Just need to state the fish are Altolamprologus compressiceps Not Calvis :roll: R u sure. I would put money on them being calvus. Oh, if looking to breed them. Try & find some barnacle shells. Its what I used. I found standard shells can be risky, females can get chased up inside & get stuck. I hope you breed them, if ya want any tips, I can link ya a couple of good sights & pass on some advice. I went through a little bit of an alto stage for a few years. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 I just had another look at the photos. 99-1 they are calvus. Body shape is a dead give away. As is the patterns. If someone has passed these on as comps, they are not. Did they say what variant they are? Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 The fish that Johannes is taking about being bred isn't the fish in the photos on the first page which is what is causing confusion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 So we have both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ok then. What a waste of time my posts were then.... Oh well, no different to normal lol Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ok then. What a waste of time my posts were then.... Oh well, no different to normal lol Frenchy herefishiefishie - no posts offering useful opinion or information are a waste of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 I was taking the piss, all good! :lol: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 I was taking the piss, all good! :lol: Frenchy oh, we can say piss ? hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 lol Frenchy.. Initially I thought that Johannes was posting in this thread to say that they had brought and bred these calvus, but then someone mentioned they were fry from a pair another forum member sold that I thought were comps, and then I thought about this list and about Navs 1" of fish each in 2037 and then I realised I was thinking about it too much lol Good news either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 We have the Fish in the first picture they are Calvis they have not bred yet :lol: I have had to save them from a branical shell just yesterday :evil: Shell is in a hundred bits :roll: fish are okay ( was so stressfull ) Yes there are Alto comp fry they belong to a close friend whom I convinced to buy the Altos from A Proficy at a hell of a price He has 5 and all three females are breeding with the dominant male. The sub male is just part of the furniture ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 R u sure. I would put money on them being calvus. Oh, if looking to breed them. Try & find some barnacle shells. Its what I used. I found standard shells can be risky, females can get chased up inside & get stuck. I hope you breed them, if ya want any tips, I can link ya a couple of good sights & pass on some advice. I went through a little bit of an alto stage for a few years. Frenchy Any info would be nice thanks Just growing them at the stage not to conerned to get them to breed yet they are only 4-5.5cm now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Yes there are Alto comp fry they belong to a close friend whom I convinced to buy the Altos from A Proficy at a hell of a price He has 5 and all three females are breeding with the dominant male. The sub male is just part of the furniture ! I thought it was quite a reasonable price for a "rare" fish in which they had been bred? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 At the price juvi's have been going for lately I'd say anything under four figures would be a bargain given the protential to produce fry... At least they've gone to a good home, maybe by the time they're wide-spread enough for me to actually be able to afford them I'll be able to set up a tank for them.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 At the price juvi's have been going for lately I'd say anything under four figures would be a bargain given the protential to produce fry... Lol, but thats not necessarily the point And after all, theres no guarantee of success either - lots of variables that could contribute to failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Considering what he paid I bet fry will not cost peanuts!! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Considering what he paid I bet fry will not cost peanuts!! :roll: And the first few batches, thats probably fair enough. From the angle of breed perpetuation, they should probably be sold, as priority, in breeding groups at a cost in proportion to the original investment, in such a way to make an ongoing positive contribution to the original breeders program. Eventually there will be sufficient numbers, with prices coming down as supply increases, until the breed meets demand at a price affordable by most. (In my cotton lined ideal world anyway, lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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