Re: burn bright short life

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Matt,

Uwe Römer studied this & wrote a paper on it
several years ago. His findings were that males
tended to live longer than females. The average
life span was around 2 years, but some survived to
be over 5 years. I personally prefer to purchase
juveniles and let them mature in my tanks.

Mike Wise

MATT & LINDA CROCKER wrote:

> How old do apisto's get?  I just bought my
> first, A cacatuoides.  The lfs had some juvies
> and some that are a little older.  Should I
> start with the youngest or the older ones. Mine
> are 2" male and 1 1/2" for the female.  I'm
> going to pick up a couple more females to fill
> out the tank. Matt


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