RE:

[Scot Gillespie <Scot.Gillespie@epsedin.co.uk>]

The water parameters for A. cacatuoides appear ok, I think your male may
just be going on a perverse territory/failed parenting reaction (I've had
this behaviour with other apistos when a spawn has failed.), but double
check that there is not a spawn somewhere in the tank if the remaining
female is still in yellow coloration.  

If you have the luxury of another tank, I'd put him in there until he cools
off, and the female is ready to spawn again. If not, try to rearrange the
layout of the tank to build "sort of" rooms within it, using the plants and
coconut-shells, This changing of the territory may confuse the male enough
until he calms down. Maybe add a few more refuges for the female out of
additional coconut-shells, terracotta flowerpots (not previously used for
plants), bits of PVC pipe, etc.. 

Scot

-----Original Message-----
From: Frode Johansen [mailto:frode.johansen@bio.uio.no]
Sent: 22 February 2000 11:20
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
Subject: 


Hi.
I have a 10 gallon tank with some Apistogramma cacatuoides. I had one male
and two female. For about three weeks ago my dominant female wanted to
spawn, and turned yellow. But the male diden`t want to join her, so there
were no fry.
Now, my male is chasing the females, and yesterday the subdominant female
was dead. And the dominant female (the one which wanted to spawn) is chased
around in the tank by the male, and 1/4 of her caudal fin is bit off.
My tank has two half cocconut-shells as caves and it is pretty heavy
planted.
The pH is about 7 and the hardness is 1-2 german degrees. The temperature
is 27-28 degrees celcius.
I change about 1/8 of the water every four day, so the water should be
clean enough.
I feed them with live white mosquito-larvae and frosen bloodworms.
As dither-fish I have three Nanostomus trifasiatus and two Otocinclus
affinis.
My question is: What do I do wrong? Should I lower my pH? And, should I now
buy another female?

Frode Johansen (from Norway)




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