Re: Cacatoos question

["Scott Olson" <olson7@hotmail.com>]

Just a couple of suggestions:

Are you feeding frozen or live foods?  You might try live whiteworms or 
blackworms, live or frozen bloodworms, frozen glassworms, etc.  And if you 
have live baby brine shimp, these are a great tonic/conditioner for adult 
breeders, as well as fry.

One other thing you might try is slowly raising the temp in the tank to 
perhaps 85 or 86f., then with a large (1/3 or so) water change, lower the 
temperature by perhaps 6 or 8 degrees.  This simulates the effect of a 
tropical rain storm, and can trigger spawning.

Regards,

Scott


>From: "Stepanova, Lilia" <Lilia.Stepanova@stjude.org>
>Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
>To: "'apisto@listbox.com '" <apisto@listbox.com>
>Subject: Cacatoos question
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:18:04 -0600
>
>  Hi guys,
>
>I have 3 pairs of cacatoo apistos triple red in 90g with 3 small angels and
>hatchets. Females are always bright yellow, for several months now, but no
>spawn!
>The same water spawned me blue rams, borelii, some larger cichlids, mixed
>with RO - nannochromis. For some reason it does not work with cacatoos.
>Any insight? water is ~8 pH, hardness ~ 50 ppm.
>
>Thanks
>
>Lilia
>
>
>
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