chris_todd
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I thought I'd post an update, since it's been a few weeks.
The cacatuoides that had laid eggs in the 90g had the eggs eaten; not sure if they were eaten by cories, discus, or rams (or maybe even snails?). Then they spawned again, this time on the inside of the pot. A couple of days later, I noticed our smallest discus (about 3" diameter body) squeezing its way into the pot, and then the eggs were gone. The apistos appear to have given up on that pot as a spawning location.
Today, I placed a new pot in the tank - one that I had purchased for use in my emersed plant setup, which has drainage holes in the sides as well as one in the bottom. I was looking at one of these and realized the holes were about the right size for an apisto, but way too small for a cory or a ram. So I took a file and smoothed the edges of the holes, and placed it in the 90g upside down. Within 5 minutes, the male was checking it out. Cool! I think they'll figure out pretty soon that this is a safe, secure place.
I had previously moved the macmasteri pair into a 20 long, and they're doing fine, though I haven't seen a spawn yet. There's several cories and a lot of snails in that tank, so maybe they've eaten the eggs, I don't know.
I wasn't sure where to put the agassizis, since it was clear they were not getting along with the cacatuoides in the 90g. Then a post on the GWAPA forum from Bob (Sonny Disposition) made me realize I could house them in my emersed plant setup, if I raised up the pots a couple of inches. So they are now alone in that tank - a 40 breeder with about 6 inches of water (about 16 gallons). They seem happy:
The male was posing for me, which made it fairly easy to get a decent shot, even with my crappy point-n-shoot:
The female and male together:
A shot of the full setup, to give you an idea of what it's like. The potted plants had been sitting in about 3 inches of water. By raising the pots, I can still grow them emersed, but in about 6 inches of water, which gives me about 16 gallons.
The cacatuoides that had laid eggs in the 90g had the eggs eaten; not sure if they were eaten by cories, discus, or rams (or maybe even snails?). Then they spawned again, this time on the inside of the pot. A couple of days later, I noticed our smallest discus (about 3" diameter body) squeezing its way into the pot, and then the eggs were gone. The apistos appear to have given up on that pot as a spawning location.
Today, I placed a new pot in the tank - one that I had purchased for use in my emersed plant setup, which has drainage holes in the sides as well as one in the bottom. I was looking at one of these and realized the holes were about the right size for an apisto, but way too small for a cory or a ram. So I took a file and smoothed the edges of the holes, and placed it in the 90g upside down. Within 5 minutes, the male was checking it out. Cool! I think they'll figure out pretty soon that this is a safe, secure place.
I had previously moved the macmasteri pair into a 20 long, and they're doing fine, though I haven't seen a spawn yet. There's several cories and a lot of snails in that tank, so maybe they've eaten the eggs, I don't know.
I wasn't sure where to put the agassizis, since it was clear they were not getting along with the cacatuoides in the 90g. Then a post on the GWAPA forum from Bob (Sonny Disposition) made me realize I could house them in my emersed plant setup, if I raised up the pots a couple of inches. So they are now alone in that tank - a 40 breeder with about 6 inches of water (about 16 gallons). They seem happy:
The male was posing for me, which made it fairly easy to get a decent shot, even with my crappy point-n-shoot:
The female and male together:
A shot of the full setup, to give you an idea of what it's like. The potted plants had been sitting in about 3 inches of water. By raising the pots, I can still grow them emersed, but in about 6 inches of water, which gives me about 16 gallons.
