Apistogramma Cacatuoides

onnonn82 · 10-07-2015, 01:04 AM

Hi all.
Would like to share my cockatoo apistogramma that I got them few weeks ago.

The male.

The female.

Keeping them in a 5 gallon hexagon 'planted' tank, together with 10 Endlers (now left with 9) and 4 oto (now 1).

First time posting. Hope it works.

onnonn82 · 10-07-2015, 01:32 AM

Cool, seems working. Let's continue the story.

Well, fed them with pellet food and frozen bloodworm at the beginning. The otos, to my surprise, like the bloodworm too (thought they should be vegetarian...). And I think they might get tummy infection and died (that's why left with one).
Last week, I started to feed live tubifex worms. They like it and three days after I feed the live tubifex, I found this:

Well, hoping that these were fertile eggs (it should be reddish in color according to information from the net). However, the next day I saw the female eating the eggs!
My friends said that I stressed her by flashi~g lights into the cave... Well, it gave me a chance to shift the tank though.
Will update more if I could.

Lionhead · 17-07-2015, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onnonn82

Cool, seems working. Let's continue the story.

Well, fed them with pellet food and frozen bloodworm at the beginning. The otos, to my surprise, like the bloodworm too (thought they should be vegetarian...). And I think they might get tummy infection and died (that's why left with one).
Last week, I started to feed live tubifex worms. They like it and three days after I feed the live tubifex, I found this:

Well, hoping that these were fertile eggs (it should be reddish in color according to information from the net). However, the next day I saw the female eating the eggs!
My friends said that I stressed her by flashi~g lights into the cave... Well, it gave me a chance to shift the tank though.
Will update more if I could.

Thats a good start

keep it up

onnonn82 · 18-07-2015, 02:14 AM

The female is getting 'plump' again and always goto look for the male and flash to him. Lol. Cannot take my eyes off these cuty.

exotic_idiot · 10-08-2015, 04:43 PM

Congrats on ur successful spawning.

Very nice pair there.. can pm me share where u get it and how much?
One thing to take note ur caca male might attack otto..
I have a fren whose caca attack otto, end up otto stuck inside his caca's mouth.

patclay · 11-08-2015, 12:22 AM

Have the eggs spawned?

10-07-2015, 01:04 AM	#1
onnonn82 New Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 9	Apistogramma Cacatuoides Hi all. Would like to share my cockatoo apistogramma that I got them few weeks ago. The male. The female. Keeping them in a 5 gallon hexagon 'planted' tank, together with 10 Endlers (now left with 9) and 4 oto (now 1). First time posting. Hope it works.

10-07-2015, 01:32 AM	#2
onnonn82 New Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 9	Cool, seems working. Let's continue the story. Well, fed them with pellet food and frozen bloodworm at the beginning. The otos, to my surprise, like the bloodworm too (thought they should be vegetarian...). And I think they might get tummy infection and died (that's why left with one). Last week, I started to feed live tubifex worms. They like it and three days after I feed the live tubifex, I found this: Well, hoping that these were fertile eggs (it should be reddish in color according to information from the net). However, the next day I saw the female eating the eggs! My friends said that I stressed her by flashi~g lights into the cave... Well, it gave me a chance to shift the tank though. Will update more if I could.

18-07-2015, 02:14 AM	#4
onnonn82 New Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 9	The female is getting 'plump' again and always goto look for the male and flash to him. Lol. Cannot take my eyes off these cuty.

10-08-2015, 04:43 PM	#5
exotic_idiot Dragon Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 994	Congrats on ur successful spawning. Very nice pair there.. can pm me share where u get it and how much? One thing to take note ur caca male might attack otto.. I have a fren whose caca attack otto, end up otto stuck inside his caca's mouth.

11-08-2015, 12:22 AM	#6
patclay Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,519	Have the eggs spawned?

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