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Many months later someone suggested that I try breeding the old female so I moved her into a tank with a young female. I was interested to see if she had just grown male features or completely changed sex.
Much to my surprise they shortly produced eggs which look fertilized.
Here's the...
I have a female cacatuoides that changed sex and successfully spawned as both a female and male.
Here's some of my photos and videos of the transition. (I wish I had documented it better, but it wasn't expected.)
Female with fry in a breeding tank containing only her and the male. (She had...
Video 1: Female A. agassizii bringing newly free swimming fry into the cave for the night.
Video 2: Female guiding them out in the morning. (Videos taken two days apart).
I also forgot to post these videos, they were taken two weeks back.