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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Species => Dwarf Cichlids => Topic started by: Jonty44 on July 04, 2020, 09:03:49 PM

Title: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: Jonty44 on July 04, 2020, 09:03:49 PM

Hi, I have breeding pair of Apistogramma cacatoides and was wondering if I added another female, would  it cause issues with the pair I have?

Title: Re: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: Sue on July 04, 2020, 09:18:13 PM

If they have formed a pair, the female may object to another female.

How big is the tank? If you wanted to risk it, there would need to be plenty of room for two female territories, and with lots of plants or other decor to break up line of sight. But have a back up plan just in case.

Title: Re: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: Matt on July 04, 2020, 10:01:31 PM

I’d agree with this not being a good move, however you might be able to add a number of females say three more to disperse any aggression should your tank be large enough to accommodate them comfortably

Title: Re: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: Jonty44 on July 05, 2020, 05:35:44 PM

Thank Sue & Matt, as I only have a 20g tank I was happy to add one more female but didn't really want to add a few which probably would be the better option. Given that these two are happy I will leave them be but appreciate your advice  :)

Title: Re: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: Sue on July 05, 2020, 09:10:17 PM

In a 20 gallon (70 litre) tank I would definitely stick with the pair. It would need to be an unusually long, shallow tank to accommodate more than one female territory.

Title: Re: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: Littlefish on July 06, 2020, 08:29:43 PM

Lovely markings on your fish.  :cheers:

Title: Re: Apistogramma cacatoides
Post by: fcmf on July 13, 2020, 11:49:18 PM

[Sorry - seem to have missed this post too from last week.]

Beautiful fish.   :cheers: