Apisto. Cacatuoides fry disaster :(

[Jose Antonio]

Hi everyone,

I have a tank 70 l with two females and a male...everything seems to be great...24 fry, one week old, eating Artemis....but suddenly, the 24 disaperd without any sign of aggressiveness from the adults....

Any idea what happened?? Do I have to separate the adults from the fry?

Thanks a lot !!

 

[Mike Wise]

My guess is that they were killed by 1 or more of the adults who wanted to breed. This happens in small tanks. Fry that can't leave the breeding territory do not usually survive. Personally, a 70L tank too small for a trio of cacatuoides.

 

[yukondog]

Welcome to the sight Jose, I use smaller tanks for breeding but I remove the male/all fish from the tank as soon as I see fry brought out, and let the female tend to them. in a tank that small I rarely ever see a pair that is compatible and if you do the next batch of egg's I've seen them do a 180 and the female want to kill everything in the tank. If fry is what you want to try, I would put odd female in another tank, breed the pair again and remove the male when you have fry, have your food for the fry ready, good luck.

 

[Freddy Serna]

Hola buen día me gustaría saber cuánto es el tiempo que tardan en llegar adultos los alevines de peces apistogramma cacatuide