mwwade33
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Hey Guys,
After nearly two years of waiting to set up my 38G aquarium I got the opportunity to get it up and running. Unfortunately, the day that I added the water to the new setup I also found my A. Cacatuoides had passed in my 10G setup. It was a little frustrating that the new home I had been dreaming up with Apistogrammas in mind would be used by the Apistogramma that I had been raising. After a few days of running the tank with a few guppies (and biomedia from the 10G) the Ammonia and nitrite levels never seemed to rise above 0, so off to the fish store to acquire some new A. Cacatuoides. The first LFS that I went in to were sold out with of Apistos with the exception of a few female Agassiziis. I passed on the opportunity but still picked up a few plants. Off to the next store, which is the one that I had the higher expectations for. (Aquatic Wildlife, Manchester, CT). They were also sold out of A. Cacatuoides. Seems to be a fairly popular fish around these parts! Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed, I skipped right over the tank holding the A. Agassizii to go check out the plants. It wasn't until I was on my way to checkout that the A. Agassizii caught my eye. It was an impulse buy for sure, but I picked up the only pair they had left. When I put them in the tank I dropped in some frozen blood worms and watched them eat them up. The female turned bright Yellow while the male fanned his fins and swished around. This seems like flirting behavior to me, and i must say that this impulse buy was not a disappointment. After a few days of watching the pair swim alone I noticed some aggression from the male. Since my A. Cacatouides killed his intended mate, I didn't want to take any chances here, so I went and picked up a second female from the first place I went to. Now I have a trio and the male seems to evenly distribute his attention. Hopefully this will help keep everyone happy and alive. The tank has a lot of little caves in the rocks and under the driftwood. I have seen a few little bits of aggression between the females over who gets which set of caves but that was to be expected. My only hope is that it won't be long until I see some real breeding activity.
After nearly two years of waiting to set up my 38G aquarium I got the opportunity to get it up and running. Unfortunately, the day that I added the water to the new setup I also found my A. Cacatuoides had passed in my 10G setup. It was a little frustrating that the new home I had been dreaming up with Apistogrammas in mind would be used by the Apistogramma that I had been raising. After a few days of running the tank with a few guppies (and biomedia from the 10G) the Ammonia and nitrite levels never seemed to rise above 0, so off to the fish store to acquire some new A. Cacatuoides. The first LFS that I went in to were sold out with of Apistos with the exception of a few female Agassiziis. I passed on the opportunity but still picked up a few plants. Off to the next store, which is the one that I had the higher expectations for. (Aquatic Wildlife, Manchester, CT). They were also sold out of A. Cacatuoides. Seems to be a fairly popular fish around these parts! Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed, I skipped right over the tank holding the A. Agassizii to go check out the plants. It wasn't until I was on my way to checkout that the A. Agassizii caught my eye. It was an impulse buy for sure, but I picked up the only pair they had left. When I put them in the tank I dropped in some frozen blood worms and watched them eat them up. The female turned bright Yellow while the male fanned his fins and swished around. This seems like flirting behavior to me, and i must say that this impulse buy was not a disappointment. After a few days of watching the pair swim alone I noticed some aggression from the male. Since my A. Cacatouides killed his intended mate, I didn't want to take any chances here, so I went and picked up a second female from the first place I went to. Now I have a trio and the male seems to evenly distribute his attention. Hopefully this will help keep everyone happy and alive. The tank has a lot of little caves in the rocks and under the driftwood. I have seen a few little bits of aggression between the females over who gets which set of caves but that was to be expected. My only hope is that it won't be long until I see some real breeding activity.
