February 2, 201115 yr comment_419519 to day I went to my fish room to find my Altolamp Calvus yellow pair deceased these are the only ones I am aware of and now they are gone whilst my S panamense fry are now a month old this in no way makes up for my loss today devastated Report
February 2, 201115 yr comment_419523 sorry to hear about the loss , did you manage to breed them at all in the past? Report
February 2, 201115 yr comment_419525 oh dear, that is very bad news indeed & i am sorry to hear that. when i first got mine i would hold my breath each day heading into the room to feed & see if they were ok, i am over it now & they are just fish like the rest of them except smaller & harder to breed. any idea what happened, ammonia spike or something? edit: mine aren't calvus, i really need to read posts more carefully :oops: Report
February 2, 201115 yr comment_419532 Ahhhhh Crap. Sorry to hear about that mate. I know how much you wanted these guys Report
February 2, 201115 yr comment_419545 Gutted, its terrible when you lose a favourite, any chance of getting any more? Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419556 As I said before gutted mate, they would have been the last of that batch that I know about. Fruju getting more is easier said than done I have been hunting high and low for altos for ages now, the only thing I managed to find were gold heads and managed to convince someone to sell me a pair.. I have found a ton of redfins at a guys place but none are for sale. The calvus are even rarer (maybe because they are not actually an allowed import?) I do have a mate who recently brought another 1 and although initially we thought it was a male (he had a lone male) it is looking like it may be a girl and the 2 of them are getting along together so that would be awesome.. His ones most resembled the black variant too.. The yellows were on the brooklands lists a while back and I know that brooklands has local breeders so I am hoping that their local breeders still have these, I am hoping even more their breeders are able to breed them because it can be quite difficult to do. There are also rumours of a lady who has some calvus fry from a pair she had but she won't respond to me and verify if this is true or if she will sell any. Fingers crossed on lots of fronts Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419578 These types (altos/compressiceps etc) are my favourite african cichlids, what were the ones that hollywood brought in last year? They ran quite steep for VERY small fish? Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419589 These types (altos/compressiceps etc) are my favourite african cichlids, what were the ones that hollywood brought in last year? They ran quite steep for VERY small fish? The ones HFF ordered off the wholesale list were alto calvus yellows the ones nav just lost were from the same wholesaler. They were expensive but now you can't get them anywhere so how much is something u can't get anywhere else worth to you? HFF was the only store I heard about who took the risk on ordering them into stock (no doubt others ordered them stright in for customers) they are very slow growing and difficult to raise so that is the reason for the high price and size. There are a few out there so hopefully in the next few years we will see more altos around.. Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419591 The ones HFF ordered off the wholesale list were alto calvus yellows the ones nav just lost were from the same wholesaler. They were expensive but now you can't get them anywhere so how much is something u can't get anywhere else worth to you? HFF was the only store I heard about who took the risk on ordering them into stock (no doubt others ordered them stright in for customers) they are very slow growing and difficult to raise so that is the reason for the high price and size. There are a few out there so hopefully in the next few years we will see more altos around.. HFF had calvus or comps? Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419592 I feel your pain. I lost my alto calvus yellow (5 of them) about 8-10 months ago. Spray wand fell in the tank (I didn't notice until too late :tears: ) and they became oxygen starved and died. I am still gutted to this day! Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419605 Smidey hff had the calvus that Ymir purchased.. They were on the brooklands list for a while a few years ago before the gold heads were.. Report
February 3, 201115 yr comment_419653 Yes we have had all 3 at some stage in recent years. Ymir bought the last lot we had. We had to special them off because no one wanted them at the time they were in our tanks for quite a while... Dont think we will ask to get them in as people didnt seem keen the other times they were in. Sure they are expensive but they are a rarity in this counrty... i questioned that because i have not heard of the comps but not calvus being available there, can't be sure about much these days with these damn tangs :lol: Report
February 5, 201115 yr comment_420099 OH NO! Sorry to hear I know you were putting a lot of effort into these Lets hope you can pick some more up but by the sounds of it that could be difficult Report
February 6, 201115 yr comment_420122 Really sorry to read of your loss Nav :tears: Hopefully if word gets out to enough people you might find some more..here's hoping Report
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