info about establishing a caca tank needed.

[Mr. Friendly]

essentially I want to have a tank that can hold at least 3 caca's. I don't want fry, but I'm not sure I will successfully get males. what do I do if I get fry?

I say 3, because I've read they do better as a trio than a single or pair. I had a 20gal previously with a pair of Bolivian rams, two otto's and a school of neon's. my two ram's seemed to have been okay. I organized the tank in such a way that they could each stake out a territory, one on each side, with large rocks and driftwood, creating caves. I also had live plants to break it up too. but that was 10 years ago and a lot of new information is available. I just don't know where to look or read, so I'm hoping to be referred to reading material as well as be given pointers/tips based on real life experience.

 

[lastOne]

If by trio you mean 1m+2f then If the conditions are right you are bound to have fry. You can always sell/donate them.

 

[regani]

A good starting point for getting some info is here at http://dwarfcichlid.com/index.php
You can keep individual males, they'll be fine. As pointed out above if the conditions are halfway right you are bound to get fry if you have a male with one or two females. If you don't want to raise the fry you can keep the pair in a community tank with some tetras, many of which are good fry predators. You run a risk though that the fry may not be the only casualties as the female apistos don't pull punches when defending their fry, but tetras and other agile fish are usually fast enough to get out of the danger zone