Re: Apisto. Cacatuoides question

[Mike Jacobs <mfjacobs@geocities.com>]

Mike.........There's good news and bad news!  The bad first.........the so-called 
triple red strains usually, like guppies, don't have a pattern of  throwing 
100% triple red young....the probable % of triple red male may run from  
only 10% up to as strong as the particular strain is......maybe 80%.  If 
your male is already breeding then his colors and color patterns are 
probably 95% set.  If the amount of red is not to your liking then wait for 
some of his "puppies" to grow up and keep the ones with the most red.  Next 
problem.............a combination of high temp (75-80+) with a high pH 
(7.5+) will cause the % of males  to be 90%(it's happened to 
me)........conversly, with lower pH and temps the ratio of females will 
increase.

Mike