A. cacatuoides.

["Carlos Villacastin" <carlos.villacastin@jrc.it>]

Hello everyone.

Rearding female cacatuoides, normal variability excluded, can anybody tell
me an average size (cm) for reaching sexual maturity. I bought a pair a
month ago. The male is about 6 cm long and hopefully fully matured. The
female is only about 2.5 cm. They seem to be together all the time and have
seen often the male displaying to the female by extending the fins and
shaking the tail next to her. The female then changes colouration becoming
more yellowish and the transversal mid black line along the whole body
almost dissapears leaving a solitary black spot around the middle of the
body. The female seems to be digging everywhere specially under a couple of
wooden logs or even underneath the internal biological filter but she nevers
seems to be happy and no eggs have yet materialise.....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com
> [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Ken Laidlaw
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 3:16 PM
> To: 'apisto@majordomo.pobox.com'
> Subject: RE: ...no subject...
>
>
> Can somebody tell me how long it takes before a female cackatoo
> is ready to
> spawn again.
> **With good feeding a female can spawn again in two weeks or so but if
> leading fry she is probably happy to look after them for at least a month
> before spawning again.
>
> And if you read my previous mail to the list, is it maybe a
> solution to put
> an extra female in the tank (so that the male has something to
> keep him busy
>
> while the other female is taking care off her eggs/fry) to keep the male
> away
> from eggs and fry?
> **I wouldn't put another female in the tank if she already has fry as the
> female and also perhaps the male will try and kill the new
> addition.  If she
> is not then maybe you could add another one.  What size is your tank?  It
> must be long enough to give two females enough space.  I'd say you could
> keep two females in a tank 60cm long; others would advise on a
> bigger tank.
> Provide plenty caves bogwood and plants.
>
> Regards,
> Ken - Scotland.
>
>
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