apistogramma cacatuoides: care and breeding

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I bought some Apistogramma cacatuoides from a member of my local club about 6 months ago. He was selling them only in groups of 3 males:1 female, and said he was having pretty good luck breeding them without any aggression. I was a bit skeptical, but it was a good deal, so I bought these guys.

I've been keeping them in a fairly planted 29 gallon, and so far, no aggression among the males, but no breeding either.

So my question is how bad is the 3 male to 1 female ratio? Has anyone had any luck breeding or keeping these fish long term in these kind of ratios? As they seem to dwell on the bottom quite a bit, would it be possible to downsize them to a 20 long, or with this ratio would I just be tempting fate?

Also has anyone had any luck keeping these guys with community-type bottom dwelling fish? (Corydoras, plecos...) or even discus?
 
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hi,with these fish it should be 1 male 2/3 females if your tank can accomodate them.
but just because u have the rayio u.ve got dosnt mean they well breed. ,
thinkl it this way. the female will have to fancy 1 of them like in humans if she dosnt like any of the males u have she wont seen it a few times. if she does then u'll have to remove the other males because the male she has mated with will deffend the , the tank and his area in there. hope this has helped soz if speeling bad iam totally nakered lol
 
Time will tell, as stated above, plus you will need a bigger tank if you will be adding more FM.
Don't forget some caves or hiding spots.
Great fish to keep.
 
As with most cichlids, when a pair form, the extraneous males will be pushed to the side or bullied into the corner. If there isn't enough space or enough hiding places, they're may be trouble. A 20 gallon tank may indeed be pushing it if they start breeding. And corydoras, plecos, or discus probably won't be a problem, except if you want to breed the Apistos; those other fish --especially the bottom dwellers--might eat the eggs or fry.


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I prefer to keep cacautoides in pairs or 1m/2f for best breeding results. I keep my pairs/trios in 20 longs. Are these domestic cacautoides or wild caught? That also really impacts my opinion.

I use alot of leaf litter (they are leaf litter spawners), moss, and coconut caves in teh bottom 1/3 of my tanks. They do quite well with this and it provides good first food for the resulting fry as well as lots of hides for any sparring adults. The males will get heavily bullied by the female after she has fry.

I like to pair apistos with otocinclus or something very top dwelling like dwarf pencilfish or endlers livebearers.

Can you please post a picture of yoru setup for further advice as well as pertinent information on species.
 
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