Re: cacatoides

[Susan Ziegler <s-ziegler@gmx.net>]

I don't do water changes often, maybe once every few weeks.  I just did one
about two weeks ago.  There is a nice pot in the tank to spawn, and the
tank is oh, 3 gallons.  It has lighting and an undergravel filter, with a
couple plastic plants and a pinch of live plants.  The temperature of the
tank is room temperature <no heater>.  I haven't tested water hardness..
but the water I use is city water, if that helps :P  I treat it with the
ammonia, chloramine and hard mineral remover stuff, ph down <i have very
basic water>, and ph stabilizer.

:) thanks,
Sue


>Sue,
>
>Spawning fish has a lot of other factors besides just having a pair of
>fish.  Slightly acidic water is good, but how often do you do water
>changes.  Do you have a place in the tank for them to spawn?  What is the
>temp? And often a varied diet including live foods can get fish to spawn,
>but I have also spawned them on flake as well.  What size tank is it.  Any
>cover or anything else in there.  And what is your water hardness?
>
>Sometimes it seems like you can do nothing and fish will spawn.  I had 6
>A. gibbiceps in a 5 gallon, bare, with a thumb size piece of java moss
>barely present and they spawned.  I was feeding live foods and we have
>very soft water.  Now, they are like weeds, mysteriously appearing in
>other tanks and the fry are spawning up a storm.
>
>Then sometimes I have had to bend over backwards to get a relatively
>"easy" fish to spawn.  
>
>I will say living in Seattle with very soft water is a distinct advantage,
>but I have seen people with liquid rock, use a deionizer and do great.
>
>Just my two cents.
>
>Kathy



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