Re: cacs with attitudes

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

Ah, the joys of cichlid keeping. Your forms of cacatuoides are acting quite
natural. Obviously they are of about equal size & strength. I don't think that
wild caught fish are any more aggressive than domestically raised apistos. In a
tank your size, suitably aquascaped, I doubt that you will see anything worse
that tail slapping. The males' sparring is more ritualistic than anything else.
Rarely do males come to actual blows. Before that happens the weaker male will
disappear into the weeds. Sit back and enjoy the show. I would only separate
them if one starts shredding the fins of the other.

Mike Wise

Richard Pooley wrote:

> Good day,
>    I have a 108 gallon aquarium I just set up...Its my apisto tank. I found
> out after I put the fish in there that it doesn't matter how big the floor
> space is on the tank, some fishes are just greedy. I have a triple red
> Cacatuoides at about 4 inches nose to tail (got him back in November at just
> over an inch) and also a Putumayo Cacatuoides about the same size. They are
> giving the wife and I fits not to mention a good show. They are constantly
> sparring ang facing off with each other. Up to this point nobody is
> hurt....just a lot of muscle flexing. I have about 25 other fish that are
> just bystanders (too afraid to get involved) I am thinking the reason the
> Putumayo won't quit is because he's a wild caught and the triple red is a
> tank bred. Does this sound about right? If I put one or the other in a
> seperate tank the are lucid and look half dead all the time. Any suggestions
> on how to keep from losing one or the other in a final battle. I have
> already taken both of them out and totally changed the location of driftwood
> and plants. I put them back and they just find each other and here we go
> again. Any help would be appreciated. I knew they were territorial but now
> they are in a 6 foot tank instead of seperate 2 foot tanks. Rich
>
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