Re: lost the mood

[ruddigar@home.com]

Well, the male seems to have gotten over whatever he was 'under'.  He
is now back in full color, displaying to the female.  She is not in her
pretty yellow and black dress, but her color is coming back.  However,
it is now her that isn't interested in spawning.  I'll keep feeding them
some good quality food, maybe go collect some Daphnia later this week
(no more snow and ice!).  The male is still *sharing* his pot with the
pleco, even though I have added two more.  We'll see how it goes.

Jason Miller
Sherwood Park, AB

original message:
> For about two weeks, since she was put into her new home, my female A.
> cacatuoides was in the mood to spawn.  Unfortunately, her male companion
> was either only interested in finding food, or insisted that they use
> *his* flower pot, which he shares (believe it or not) with a male
> bristle nose pleco.  She has her own pot, which until a week ago the
> male couldn't fit into.  So I made the hole in the side slightly larger
> figuring that the female can just fill in the hole when they breed. 
> Well, I saw the male try it out once, but that was it - he still wants
> his *own* cave as the spawning sight.
>   Now the conundrum.  Yesterday I did a water change (5 gal of 20), and
> all was well.  The plants were pearling (even Java fern) and the fish
> were happy.  However, today the female is no longer bright yellow and
> her black marks have faded.  Also, the male is a lot darker, not showing
> off his nice yellow belly.
>   Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my fish.  I checked the
> pH of the water before I added it back into the tank (I used the shower
> head to fill my bucket, so no super saturation of gasses in the water). 
> I added the "dechloraminator" and added the usual fertilizer.  Could it
> just be that they're not in the mood any more?
> 
> I hope someone can help me get them back in the mood.


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