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    What happened to my fry?

    I have a 10 gal with my pair of breeding Cacatuoides. Now I had a brood of fry that where approx. 3-4 weeks old now they are all gone or at least I don't see them anymore. I never removed the male but he didn't seem to snack on them, besides the female kept him away. I have a large clump of...
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    Breeding in big verse small tanks

    The water parameters are about the same, give or take a couple of points in the ph. But I keep them both between 5.8 - 6.3 ph which is low enough for my cacatuoides to breed.
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    Breeding in big verse small tanks

    Why is it that my triple red cacatuoides prefer to breed in a specie tank of 10 gals verse practically a specie tank of 75 gal(this tank has 4 white cloud minnows). I don't get it they have more room more shells/pots to choose from. This tank(75 gal) is overgrown with vegatation so plenty of...
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    Breeding A.Cacatuoides

    Mike or anyone else I actually have 2-3 coconut shell halves per fish, like in my 75 gal I have 7 shells and only the pair of cacatuoides. But to my previous question does it matter if my female is larger than my male? I would have to guess she is at full size at about 1-1/2 inch and my male...
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    Breeding A.Cacatuoides

    I had at one point a trio in the 125gal and 2 pairs in the 75 gal and they started killing each other. I lost a male and then lost a female due to female aggression. So I split them all up into pairs. The thing is all of the females have been yellow at least 3-4 times easy, but I never see...
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    Breeding A.Cacatuoides

    My question is,is it wise to break up a breeding pair? Heres my dilemma, I have 3 tanks: 125gal densely planted community(pair of cac's,trio of Trifasciata's and various tetras), 75gal densely planted(pair of Cac's and white clouds) and 10 gal with a pair of Cac's only. None have bred for...
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    A. cacatuoides...

    aggressive fish I have 125 gal that is heavily planted with wood and plants. I put two pairs of triple red cacatuoides in it and one male actively hunted down the other male two the point of death, also I saw the same behaviour with the females, I removed the female to a ten gal. I also had...
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    Apistogramma Biotope

    Then I suppose an actual SA aquascape wouldn't be very pleasing to the eyes at all, but in fact very drab.
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    Apistogramma Biotope

    Does any one actually know what a Peruvian or Amazon biotope or aquascape looks like? I would like to set-up my 75gal Cacatuoides breeding tank up like it would actually look like in the wild, but I have know clue what it looks like. All I know is there is alot of tree roots that extend down...
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    A.Caca "Super red"

    I have been looking for A.cacatuoides with full color like this for some time now, where did you say you got them? I'm really interested in getting a few with this coloring(full dorsal,tail and anal fin)
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    Where to triple red cacatuoides?

    Does anybody know where I can find really nice triple red cacatuoides? I mean full dorsal,cuadal and anal fins red quality. I have two pair but they just have a little red in all three fins. I've ordered from apisto dave in Oregon, thats the little red in the fins. The best quality I have...
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    2 cacatuoides pair in a 75 gal

    I have a question. I'm switching from a breeding setup(4, 10 gal tanks) becuase its just not working out for me, to a 75 gal tank. I have a 40 gal which houses 2 pair of a.panduro's which live harmoniously and a pair of a.aggasizzi. In my breeding setup I have 2 pairs of triple red...
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    white junk on wood

    Thanks for the tip. Yes it is sorta jell-ish. What did you scrub it with?
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    white junk on wood

    I recently purchased a couple pieces of wood from my lfs. I put them in my tanks and they have developed some sort of white slime, does any one know what this crap is and how to get rid of it?
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    Where to find?

    Does anyone know where I can get some A. sp. juruensis? I am hopefully going to try and find some source close to the west coast.
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