Re: P. Taeniatus Moliwe qustion

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

Pat Bowerman wrote:
> 
> > Hello, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster here. Some of you may recognize
> 
> > me from the aquatic plants list, yep, that's the same me. I've kept various apistos
> > for the
> 
> last 5 years or so. Currently, I have a trio of P. Taeniatus Moliwes in a 75 g planted
> aquarium,
> and that leads to my question. The 2 females are voracious eaters with round, plump
> bellies.
> They cavort about the tank fearlessly, and attack most anything that is fed to them.
> The male is
> very shy, hiding most of the time. He approaches food (frozen brine shrimp, fz. blood
> worms, something
> fz. called "lifeline) like he could care less. I've seen him take frozen blood worms,
> only to spit them
> right back out. Bottom line is this, I'm afraid I'm going to lose him if I don't do
> something.
> What's wrong? What can I do?
> 
> tank info:
> ph 7.0
> kh  8
> temp 79
> 
> TIA, Pat Bowerman

Pat,
Some questions:
how big is he relative to the females?
What other fish are in the tank? (an important question)
are his feces stringy and white?
I kept Moliwes for several generations, and have seen a lot of males
waste away (rarely females), and those questions generally point to why.
-Gary


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