Alfredo befor you do anything I suggest a little patience! You have all the right conditions. The cacatuoides I have seen recently have been reluctant to breed I get about one pair in six that will i think this may be because of too much inbreeding tell us how colorful are the females? Soft Water Dwarf Cichlids Uwe Romer & David Soares 14697 S. Bluegrass Ln. Sisters OR, 97759 Phone/541-549-9350 apistodave@bendcable.com www.apistogrammaidiots.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfredo Figueiredo" <negas@netc.pt> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 3:29 AM Subject: tank with apistos cacatuoides > hello > > I have a 80 L tenk, very well planted (pH 6,5) with a few killies and a trio > of A. cacatuoides (1 male, 2 females). > I would like to breed them but this is becoming difficult: > In the beggining, I bought a pair. There were no problems but no courting > too. hen I bought another female. Then the things started to become > complicated. The newer female biting after the older, the male biting the > newer. > Do you think I could have something if I add another male or even another > trio of another apisto specie, for example, A. agassizi or Microgeophagus > ramirezi? > > Please help me > > thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader