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Hello MickeM,
Thank you for your reply! I took him out and moved him to a smaller tank, he is alone and recovering. He had some fungal infection, and a minor case of dropsy. My LFS guy came to my house to take a look and helped me to diagnose him. He is looking a lot better right now. I think...
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I'm a bit worried about my male apisto cacatouides. He is a gentle fish, doesnt harm anyone. his female companion is a bit more aggressive(only with fry tho). I have fry so she is still guarding them. Now my male apisto tried showing off to her, but she just attacked him a few...
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I have completed my threatment with levamisole. I think im on the safe side right now. I do think i have been lucky. My fish didnt seem to be sick. Only one of my tetras died, but it wasnt too weird. Some fry (3 I think) died too, but its not that weird if fry die I guess, I...
Thanks Mike, my local fish store will hook me up with something. I can't remember exactly but I think it's the same as what you mentioned. It also fits the description of what he told me after I did a Google search on it. I hope everything will be fine.
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I have a question about camallanus worms. Some time ago I took a apisto cacatouides male from my sisters boyfriend. He was really aggressive in his tank, so I took it. Things seem to be alright now(less fish, more space). My sisters boyfriend found out he has those nasty worms...
Substrate or bare is up to you. I don't know what your plans are. I'm just doing it for fun, so I used substrate, plants and wood. You could move the parents if you want more fry to survive. They take care of the fry for some time. My cacatuoides female guards the fry for about 3 weeks. Then...
I keep about 30 to 40 fry in a 120 liter tank (something like 30-35 gallons I guess). its a separated tank, so i can keep multiple generations. I just move the fry that survive in my community tank, and grow them up in the 120l tank. I get about 10 fry from each batch. About your problem, I...
I used to breed to breed some apistos when I was younger. Now I only have a community tank with a great pair in it. I grow up the fry that I can catch in a special tank just for that, but im not actively breeding them I always gave them different foods. I have frozen and dry food at home. I do...
I have changed the tank a lot. I placed two pig pieces of wood in like a V-shape, making three spaces. It has three caves (adding another one later, wasnt at the store so it got sent to me). added a lot of plants. he has been there for two days now, and it seems he is attacking less. it seems he...
I couldnt get a good picture of that big monster, but I found a pic I sent to his previous owner, after he got into the tank, he looks better now tho, I guess you can see he is a bit stressed from moving.
for now I do use 3 methods, bottle trap, syphon and just catching them with a net. I put in the bottle trap right after I think they left their mother. I do use a net most of the time. They all seem to go to my big piece of wood, it has lots of holes and plants in and on it to hide in. They can...
thank you Mike. This weekend im going to add some more wood, plants and maybe another cave-like thing. i have been reading some stuff about this problem, I think I get the part of creating a better tank but some things are not that clear for me.
- I also read something about catching that fish...
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Im having some troubles with a cacatuoides male. he is really aggressive to other fish. Right now I have 3 tanks. 2 tanks are community tanks, the other tank is for the fry I get from my cacatuoides, swordtail and endler guppy. im not an active breeder, but I like to grow up my...
Thanks for the information! I checked today and couldnt find the fry nearby the mother. been looking for some time and managed to spot a few, they seem to have left the protection. looks like i should try to make me a bottle trap then:) I will try the siphon hose thing when they have fry again...
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I have a question about catching fry. I have a great pair of cacatuoides, i have them for 3 months now, and they have had fry every month now. its just a community tank, so im not really breeding them, but my father is able to raise them in his tank. I recently found some fry in...
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I have always been an aquaruim and fish fan. My father infected me with this I guess. Im 25 years old. Recently got back into the hobby. I used to breed dwarf cichlids( apisto's and some african ones) and kept a community tank when I was younger, The breeding was from age 13/14...