Re: Cacatuoides Fry Mortality

["Uneekwa" <francinebethea@excite.com>]

On Tue, 25 May 1999 20:34:04 -0400, hammer@idirect.ca wrote:
I was once told by a someone who knows his stuff, that if your pairs are
spawning that frequently, the male may be eating the fry to force the female
to spawn.  He suggested I remove the male.
With my pelvcachromis taeniatus "dehane" I switched on the light suddenly
and siphoned the whole group of fry and their water into a bare 2.5 gal.  I
haven't lost any.  There are about 30 of them.
> 
> I am hoping someone can point me in the direction that I must be 
> missing. I have a pair of cacatuoides that are spawning every 14 to 
> 21 days with anywhere from 40-75 fry. Unfortunately within the first 
> 7-14 days only about 10-15 fry survive. I have been breeding many 
> types of fish, other than apistos, with only a max. of a few deaths.
> 
> The feedings are light and frequent and consist of microworms for 
> the first couple of days followed with brine shrimp. The tank is 
> clean with no rotting food.
> The water parameters are: pH of 7.0, GH of 140ppm, temp. 78F, 
> nitrates, ammonia and nitrites are undectable.
> 
> This is extremely frustrating since I have never had this problem 
> before.
> 
> Thanks in advance for the input. 
> 
> Graham
> Toronto 
> 
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