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Hello all, I have had recently had some success getting my apistos to breed! I have about 10-12 fry left that have almost reached the 2 and a half month mark, my question is how do you go about switching them from fry food to actual frozen or live food and at what age should this be done? They...
Hey everyone I am looking to purchase a pair of A. Borelli for my 29 gallon tank. I was just wondering if anyone could post pictures of a male vs female and explain
what characteristics to look for when selecting them. My LFS has a pretty good amount right now and hopefully want to at least...
So once again is okay every now and then but not consistently similar to the black worms, and I'll see what I can do about the mosquito larva. I'm sure I'll be able to find some or worst comes to worst make my own standing water using a 5 gallon bucket and just harvest them that way. Thank you...
Okay thank you for the information I won't feed them all the time then, is it possible that my female has just gotten bored of her regular diet? I'm looking for new foods to try and feed on a consistent basis to get her eating more and more and not dependent on brine shrimp daphnia and pellets...
Moderation being a few times a month? Or can they be fed once a week, I fed a few today and noticed my female actually ate and didn't spit them back out so it was good to see her eating again. I'm just hoping I can get her to start taking other foods as well now. Thank you for the info!
Hey Mike I haven't been able to find any solid references about apistos and live black worms. I figured since she wasn't eating what she usually does switching up her diet again might help and the live food may trigger her to start eating again what's your thoughts? I know bloodworms aren't the...
From my knowledge they aren't mouthbrooders like African cichlids, they will pick and move around their fry in their mouths but they never hold them in there plus she doesn't have any fry right now!
Feeding everything from live and frozen brine shrimp, frozen daphnia and they just recently started eating southern delight nano pellets. I alternate their feedings throughout the week
Hello everyone, I have an established breeding pair of cacatuoides in a 29 gallon tank and all was going well until recently. My female spawned about 12 days ago, she raised them up to free swimming before they disappeared after about 6 days later due to not getting enough nutrition. Ever since...
I don't get the frozen mosquito larva, I set out a bucket and harvest the larva and harvest that for all my tanks. However, my attempt to reintroduce them all fell apart when my established pair almost killed the new female. So I guess for now I am going to leave the pair in their tank alone...
Re-did the tank took all fish out and then reintroduced them all back in and it seemed to go well until the male in the tank started chasing the new female. I since then have removed the male again and I'm giving the new female time to adjust. Interestingly, the established female has not been...
Okay, thank you for the information what frozen and live foods would you recommend for the adults? I've been feeding brine shrimp and mosquito larvae but am not sure what else is safe for them. I figured as much that my fry death was related to the food they were being fed or lack thereof I...
So what would be your food recommendation? I've fed them a lot of frozen and live foods which they seem to love but I didn't want their diet to just consist strictly of that because I felt like it was too much protein for them. Another question for you Mike is my pair will spawn about every...
Okay, thank you for the information, I'm thinking about removing them and then tearing the tank down and starting from scratch with the tank. The canister on there is a Fluval 206, it filters about 206 gph which is probably the reason I'm having so much trouble with it. I feed 2 times a day...
Hey guys, quick question. How many cacs do you think would be okay in a 29-gallon tank with a female angelfish and one male and female cacatuoides in it right now? The angel will be rehomed fairly soon so after she's gone I'm thinking about adding another female cacatuoides and would like to get...
Yeah I'm sure they were an opaque color and the slowly they all started turning a real pronounced white color like they had fungus. It's her first time too so maybe it'll take her a couple times to get it right.
So it looks like I was right! I have eggs on the top of one my caves and she is sitting in there guarding them. They aren't fertilized, but my female isn't turning yellow and I've noticed she also has somewhat of a lyrate tail. I'm wondering if this is normal?
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone could determine the sex of one of my cacas. I'm hoping/ thinking female but I'm unsure. Any help is appreciated!
Thank you for the advice, and while technically it is considered a community tank the female angel will be the only other member because I have no other tanks up to move her to. Once I have some that are breeding I will consider moving them to their own designated breeding tank but I'm assuming...