Apistogramma Cacatuoides

[AmazonTankz]

Okay, I purchased a baby male Cacatuoides today,(he is so cute) to go in a small tank with a lonely Scarlet Badis. Well, I got home and realized I got a Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid, I didn't know it's scientific name is Cacatuoids. . . I'm sooooo excited!! He is going to be so beutiful when he's grown.. Just had to share my excitment!

 

[catfishmike]

yea that a great score. i wish i could find some apistos in general

 

[fishboy]

Ooh, i have a trio of my own. What kind is he, triple red or the orange variety? I love mine to death, but they just keep eating their eggs!

 

[AmazonTankz]

Thats is what I'm wondering, I don't believe he is a triple red. He is such a baby right now though, I don't think I can tell. But he does have a few orange speckles on his fins so he is probably an orange.

 

[kagal]

those fish are very nice i have a breeding pair and they are very nice looking fish. oh fishboy try lowering the Ph that should help alot. I was having the same prob. had it a little above 5ph but dropped it under 5 and that seemed to have been the trick.

 

[wayne]

Under 5 ! - maybe a deal with some of the more obscure apistos but cacatuoides are fine with pH's up to 7.5. It certainly won't stop them eating the eggs. Fishboy - are they still doing that?

 

[fishboy]

Yah, they seem to have stopped laying eggs altogether for a while, i don't know why either. They have eaten every single spawn too; i think i might just give up on breeding them, i dunno. Any ideas?