Apisto. Cacatuoides

[goodke@netcom.com]

Hi All,

I've got a pair (hopefully a breeding pair) or these Dwarf cockatoo cichlids,
and I was wondering if anyone has had experience with them breeding, caring
for, etc. . . I'm hoping mine will breed, but I beleive they are still fairly
young. The mail is about 1.5 inches( 3.75 cm) and the female is a little under
 1 inch (2.5 cm). I'm assuming they still have some growing to do until they
are mature enough to spawn. The store where I bought them said they were 
bread locally (here in california). I've got the tank at about 6.4 pH and
about 78 degrees. Unfortunately I don't have the option of using RO water
so my hardness is about 120-140 ppm. I tried feeding them frozen blood
worms for a while, but they have actually seemed to show more interest
in flakes strangely enough.

Any additional insight or knowlege about these cool little fish would be 
appreciated. 

Thanks,

Kevin Goodman

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