Breeding Altolamprologus calvus and raising babies
photodocumentation of 11 months keeping a group of these beautiful Tanganyiikan cichlids. A collection of video clips showing spawning, several groups of babies, both with and without the parents.
Table of Contents (Chapters) for the 9 min video.
0:00 - fish acquisition and tank set up
0:37 - 1st spawning
2:02 - babies in pvc cave at 15dps
3:32 - Babies left the pvc cave
4:17 - Hydra outbreak
5:13 - Second recorded spawning and attempt to raise fry
6:18 - Third recorded spawn
6:32 - another spawn
7:27 - Final spawn and removal of cave
8:17 - Calvus fry at 1.5 months.