Re: spawning triggers

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Matthew,

Cockatoos are usually easy to spawn. There might be some problems with yours, however. Do you feed only bloodworms? I am not a fan of single item feeding. I doubt that there is a single food that includes all of a fish's dietary requirements. If you are using only bloodworms their diet is probably low in fats needed to produce eggs. Any thin fish that eats heartily probably has intestinal worms using up a lot of the nutrition. I don't know if this is the problem with your fish, but it's worth thinking about.

Mike Wise

Matthew Diller wrote:

> I have a pair of stubborn A. Cacatoides that seem to thrive yet do not spawn.  ...
>
> They are fed on frozen blood worms. Temperature hovers at about 78, but sometimes dips a bit below that. ...
>
>   The female is mostly dark brown & looks kind of thin, but she eats heartily.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> M Diller
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