Breeding Black Calvus in Toronto Canada.

[Ed209]

Hello.I'm breeding Zambian Black Calvus up here in Canada.
Can't ship to the US,but if you're in the Toronto area,and are looking for G1 Black Calvus',I'm your guy. Many sizes,low prices for Ontario.
1 inch(~2.5 cm)=10.00
or 10 for 90.00
1.25 inch (~3cm)=12.00 each
or 10 for 110.00
1.5 inch (~4cm) = 13.00 each
or 10 for 120.00
1.75 to 2 inch (~5cm)= 20.00 each
or 5 for 90.00
2.5 inch (~6.5cm)= 25.00 each
or 5 for 110.00
Thanks for looking

[Larry]

can you possibly ship across Canada to Alberta?

[Larry]

sorry... possibly some pics?

[DogWalker]

Hi Ed, what do you mean by G1 - is that the same thing as F1?

[Ed209]

Hello Dogwalker: Yes,G1 and F1 are both used to denote a first generation from wild caught parents. I used to use F1 all the time,but it seems G1 is more appropriate. (I've been reading a few 'F1' or 'G1' threads)

Hello Larry, I just checked CanadaPost and next day delivery for the size styrofoam box I have 14x12x12 + weight is about 67.00
I'm way too far from the airport to go that way...
Anyhow,here's a couple video links and a picture.

Youtube clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hqtEwrWsE)
Same clip in high definition (http://vimeo.com/797922)

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2008-12-22/241082-001.jpg

[cichlidguy_01]

Hey really nice fish you got there and you are right your prices are low.I started with some yellow calvus and I think they are spectacular cichlids. I fed them some small fry and they hunted them down pretty fast.

[Ed209]

Yes I got them from Darius I now have 15. I hope they are easy to sell as I invested quite a lot in their tank setup. Do you sell a lot of your black calvus?

Until recently,I've been selling to other hobbyists. It's a big pain though.Only 10% of people actually show up. If you sell to stores,you'll move them fast.
After a year of letting the fry get eaten by the other fish,I've saved a clutch.160 free swimming fry.It's the biggest clutch I ever had.
I thought about buying those yellows from Darius,but I wanted some wild caughts.

[cichlidguy_01]

I have been asking Darius about WC and he said they are extremely rare and pretty much impossible to find. It took me 8 months to get these. I really don't want to sell to fish stores as all I get is store credit and I rarely buy anything from them anymore as it is just too expensive. Do you get store credit or cash from the stores? I know what you mean by selling to the public I posted for 2 male red empress one guy sent me an email and said he would call never did. Anyway I'm sure someone will buy them.

[Ed209]

You'll sell them. One store I get store credit,but that's alright. I'm sure he would pay cash if I asked. I bring in a dozen when I want some fish for my community tank.
Another store dropped by and bought 340.00 worth and once BigAls picked up a dozen at my price.
Just remember how long it took for you to grow them and price them accordingly.
Darius is a good guy. I took his advise and got a couple of 90 gallon tanks to raise the fry in. The breeding pair I have came from Darius when he was importing a few years ago.

[cichlidguy_01]

Right now I have 2 -33 gal 1-65 2-20 1-40 long 1-55 long and 1- 120 gal tanks.When the time comes I will be evicting residents of the 120 and the 40 long. Darius said the 55 is good for breeding If I put caves at either end I could get 2 breeding groups and I could use the 65 for 2 more breeding groups and use the 40 and 33s for grow out and the larger ones can go in the 120.

[Ed209]

Looks like you're all set. I use barnacles for breeding. Much easier to see whats going on inside. With a conch shell,you never know if there's eggs or wrigglers. It's also easier to remove the fry.

[cichlidguy_01]

Yes I have barnacle and also apple shells which are supposed to be
> good as well