Few apisto questions...

[stina]

First... is this female trifasciata???
I can't see her with yellow color and i am suspicius...

Second, why my female cacatuoides is behaving like this all the time for a past few days???
http://www.auctionphotobank.com/upload/109887007006.jpg
She just hangs in the top corner... i don't see any visible markings of illness, but her tail is (i don't know the word) "sticky"...
Is it possible thet she is being bullyed???
Male is like a gentleman to her...

 

[Mike Wise]

It looks like a male A. trifasciata to me. Females don't have metallic blue on their gill covers. You female A. cacatuoides is probably being harassed too much. Often the lowest ranking fish will try to hide in the upper corner of a tank if there aren't enough hiding places. You might want to try to break up the bottom surface so that there are places where the dominant fish can't see across the entire aquarium. Having extra hiding places helps, too.

 

[stina]

Thanx Mike once again...
I too was thinking the same thing, but you have much more exp than me...
I am planning to breed a.cacatuoides, and i have prepared 30l tank for them... with only c. demersum and lots of caves from pots and bogwood!
A.trifasciata young male will have to go out then...and female must be in! :wink: