rcon021 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I like seeing other peoples fish and love to see some Altos, I will go first and share some of mine. Please excuse the quality Gold Heads Red Fins These fish are still young have have some more growing to do. But looking really good, i have been told that the fins will get more red as they get older. Sub dominant male Dominant male Getting ready to spawn Lets go Nav!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 is that teeth I see in the male's mouth? :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 hmmmm will get more uptodate photos in next week and go from there There are keepers here with Altos that are...more established. keeper of bloating fish included might be better to post than I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Keeper of bloating fish? I dont get the coded message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Keeper of bloating fish? I dont get the coded message. nav fondly refers to tropheus as bloaters here's one of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Nice! Have you had them for a long time? Spawned them yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 had them probably over 2 years, no spawns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 They should have spawned by now. They in with tropheus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 They should have spawned by now. They in with tropheus? yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 here are mines!!! Cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Nice Z I will get photos once back in shakey isles um I did loose a lot in Dec 23 quake so will be limited to my red fin pair and my gold heads um er Bloaters---20 years ago my colony of Dubs was wiped out in one foul weekend along with my thickskins. Blaoters ever since...blardy things...waiting for replacements to arrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Very different looking comps but NICE Zeusterae Had them long? Any breeding action? Sorry to hear about your comps Nav. I love bloaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nice Z I will get photos once back in shakey isles um I did loose a lot in Dec 23 quake so will be limited to my red fin pair and my gold heads um er Bloaters---20 years ago my colony of Dubs was wiped out in one foul weekend along with my thickskins. Blaoters ever since...blardy things...waiting for replacements to arrive Thanks Nav!!! Sorry for your loses man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Very different looking comps but NICE Zeusterae Had them long? Any breeding action? Sorry to hear about your comps Nav. I love bloaters Thanks rcon021, They are Altolamprologus compressiceps gold head (from Eddie in waitakere), and they are brothers (I mean same parents)... I have them for 2 years now... and they haven't spawned yet, but recently one of them ("the one that I think that is female", second picture) has been really curious about the new Seashell that I bought for them... :spop: Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 i know eddie. We are connected by comps aswell Did you just start introducing shells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 i know eddie. We are connected by comps aswell Did you just start introducing shells? yes, because I finally found a seashell big enough for them... I bought a few before (like 6-7 months ago) but the seashells were too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Ow rite. I introduced them to the red fins about 1 month ago aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 and how is that going? the female is quite curious about the seashell I have seen her a few times inside of the shell but the male don't look interested at all, this is normal???? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I would agree with you about females spending time in/around shells. Males just tend to just swim around from structure to structure. When the female is ‘ripe’ the male will give more attention to the female. From the picture it doesn’t seem like the female is full of eggs yet, they tend to fill up really quickly from nothing to ‘ripe’ within 7-10 days – with the correct food. My comps have spawned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I would agree with you about females spending time in/around shells. Males just tend to just swim around from structure to structure. When the female is ‘ripe’ the male will give more attention to the female. From the picture it doesn’t seem like the female is full of eggs yet, they tend to fill up really quickly from nothing to ‘ripe’ within 7-10 days – with the correct food. My comps have spawned. Thanks for the info!!! yesterday I was looking the fish and I've noticed that the female was getting inside of the shell a lot and spend a lot of time next to it... I know that there is no eggs inside because other curious fish went inside of the shell and she didn't do anything about it... but when de male was closer to the area, she went to him and open all her fins to him like kick him out of the area :slfg: ... he didn't fight back, just did the same to her and finally he left..... I really hope that she decide to spawn... it would be my first experience with altos, then I am quite excited about it.... well, we will see what happens... Congratulations for you fish btw!!! they look awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thanks The altos act alot different when they are about to spawn. They mellow out alot and are not aggressive. Try and get different size shells so that they have a vreiety to choose from. They are picky when it comes to shells, if that doesn't work try using a pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeusterae Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I've tried with a pot before and not lucky at all!!! They have 2 big shells now in the tanks, but she liked that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 You need to make a small key size hole enough for female then with pot turned down. Easy to extract fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nice pics Already posted some pics of my calvus but here you go again.. They just laid another batch too, pretty stocked because I thought that I had nuked the female treated her for being egg bound. Also have fry at 3-4cm now looking quite cool.. Is it just me or does Zeusterae's fish look more like red fins than gold heads? And yeah my calvus go for conch shells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 as per my first post red fins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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