Re: Panduro

["Brian Gebbie" <bgebbie@pcez.com>]

I have 2 male and 3 female double red A. cacatuoides in a 30 gallon heavily
planted tank and they seem to get along rather well other then briefly
chasing away the competition once in a while.  I guess some fish are just
psycho.

-brian

----- Original Message -----
From: alex pastor <alexp@idirect.com>
To: <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Panduro


> >I had a pair of A. cacatuoides in a 10 gallon that contained some
> >plant cover and a small cave, but not as heavily planted as I would have
> >liked.  It seemed that the male chased the female somewhat, and when I
came
> >back from a one day trip out of town, my female was dead.
>
>
> It doesn't matter how much plant cover or caves or rocks you've got in a
> tank.  I had a pair of cacatoides in a 30 gallon tank and unfortunately
the
> male I purchased was the psycho fish from hell.  I didn't realize how bad
> the situation had gotten precisely because there were so many places for
the
> female to hide.  By the time I found her, she was beyond hope.
>
> I think that he did not understand proper body language and she, being
used
> to having 'normal' behaving males, (She'd spawned previously but not for 3
> months) rejected his overly aggressive advances.  She _was_ in good
spawning
> condition before I introduced him into the tank.  He went back to the
store.
>
> G. Kadar



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