Breeding Altolamprologus Calvus / Compressiceps - An In-depth Species Profile

How to breed my all time favourite Cichlid, Altolamprologus calvus! This video is all about how I got my white Altolamprologus calvus to spawn. This is a 500th subscriber special! To celebrate that milestone we're taking a deep dive into this beautiful Cichlid from Lake Tanganyika!

And as this is a 500th subscriber special, I really want to thank all my subscribers for supporting me on my channel. I really hope you enjoy the video and find it informative. But most of all, I hope it inspires you to give these beautiful Cichlids a try in your home aquarium!

0:00 Intro
1:05 Altolamprologus calvus varieties
1:34 Meaning of the name
2:44 Differences between calvus and compressiceps
4:16 Behaviour and evolution
5:44 Compatible tank mates & tank setup
6:10 Water parameters
7:29 Life expectancy and grow rates
8:15 Feeding requirements
8:39 How to stop calvus being shy
9:37 About my first calvus spawn
11:00 What happened before their first spawn
11:53 Realising they spawned!
13:54 First time I saw fry!
14:10 Males behaviour during spawning
14:54 Fry exiting parents shell and removing fry
16:09 Fry in their grow out tank and feeding fry
16:46 Issues with fry survival rates and solution
18:25 Different fry grow rates
18:54 Time span of entire breeding process
19:19 My recommendation and conclusion

Many thanks goes to http://www.tanganyika.si/ their website is a valuable resource for all Tanganyikan Cichlid enthusiasts. If you are interested in Cichlids from Lake Tanganyika then I highly recommend you pay their website a visit!

Also thanks to the photographers who published their beautiful photos for all to see. I really hope they don't mind me using their photos. They have purely been used for educational purposes and for the benefit and promotion of the hobby.

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