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Re: Apisto Cacatuoides fry



On 5/15/97 12:14 PM, Michael W McGrath (mcgrath@citilink.com) wrote:

>My question  is, since
>the parents are all about an inch or less, the male is more then an inch,
>will the clutches get bigger as they grow?? I don't think more then 20 eggs
>were hatched on both occasions.

Bigger fish will produce larger clutches if they're in good physical 
condition. A cacatuoides female less than one inch long is pretty small 
- -- healthy adult females can get up to about 1.5 inches of body length 
(and I've seen them larger).