Some pics of my second successful spawn - Triple Red Cacatuoides parents with fry

[davidjp1982]

Just thought I would share some pics of my Triple Red Cacatuoides pair with their fry at nearly 1 month old. Have 15 or so at this stage and decided to leave these with the parents as long as possible as they both seem attentive parents.

The dad...

feeding on baby brine shrimp..

 

[krudolph]

Excellent. Congrats! I have my new apistogramma tank about ready to go........thanks for sharing.

 

[Tailswithscales]

Very cool, I'm getting new fry every two weeks or so from my apistogramma cacatuoides

 

[davidjp1982]

Very cool, I'm getting new fry every two weeks or so from my apistogramma cacatuoides

Cool are you taking the fry out and putting in a grow tank then? How many fry are you getting?

 

[ChuckinMA]

Very cool, I'm getting new fry every two weeks or so from my apistogramma cacatuoides

Is it just the pair in a breeding tank? How big is it? I'm planning on a setting up a separate breeding tank since my juvie Cacatouides have grown out and the triple red male looks like a really good specimen.

 

[krudolph]

Very cool, I'm getting new fry every two weeks or so from my apistogramma cacatuoides

I don't want to hijack Dave's post, so can u start a new thread and give us some pics and more info about your set up? You have our attention......lol

 

[krudolph]

Never mind, I see David is posting questions too , so fire away

 

[davidjp1982]

Hijack away

 

[Tailswithscales]

Is it just the pair in a breeding tank? How big is it? I'm planning on a setting up a separate breeding tank since my juvie Cacatouides have grown out and the triple red male looks like a really good specimen.

I am not currently taking the fry out. I'm letting them learn how to get it right. I usually let the parents raise the fry until they get a little size then catch them out. The apistogramma cacatuoides aren't there yet lol. My tank is 10 gallons with a male and two females. I have a little male in there because he was shipped as a female but was male and I don't have anywhere for him.

 

[krudolph]

Well, I thought I had my clan ready to go with two nice males and three females. I have now been informed they are all males. See the pic of one of my "females" below.....crap. I was told the females have black on their ventral fins as well as a couple of other key areas.

 

[Tailswithscales]

That sucks, defiantly a male

 

[krudolph]

Yes, it does. Their brothers (2 original males) were so much larger it seemed plausable to a newbie. Contacted the seller and he just said "oh well".....Wished at least one would have been female. Put a WTB on the classified section a week or two ago and no hits. They talk about the caca being one of the most kept aptiso, but there doesn't seem to be much of a market for them. Anyone know of anyone with some for sale, obviously females ....I found a guy with some wild ones, but he is in Norway (he was the one that pointed out they were not females).