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2 males in a 25 gallon

DigitalBoy

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Hi. I went and bought another male and female apisto cacatuoides for my 25 gallon last night. Does it sound like a stupid thing to do? My old male was very interested in the new female and last night I've found that new male has been a little bit aggressive towards old male. Any thoughts?
 

mordor

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Create some natural dividers from plants or rocks so both males may establish territories and do not see each other so often :lol: If they equal strenght they will fight until they know which one is stronger. If one is bigger that another he will dominate, probably :?
 

DigitalBoy

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Thanks

That's all pretty much theory, isn't it? Does anyone have any real experience with that?
 

mordor

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I got experience with young fish, I ussually got a group of them and they keep fighting but it's harmless. I used to have adult pair of A. cacatuoides with almost adult male of A. Agassizi and smaller one never tried to resist bigger very much.

If your question is can two pairs breed in this tank, I personally never did it, so i do not know. They for sure can co-exist.
 
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Cattmandoo

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I looked at you 25 gallon on your website - nice!. I think all of your cacatoides will be fine in there with all of those plants. I can't tell how many caves you have in there but adding more could help if they get too aggressive with each other. I have successfully kept and spawned apistos (panduro and agasizzi) in tanks with more than one pair.
 

farm41

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I'm still trying to decide if I want another pair in my 60g besides the 1 male and 3 female cacs.

How can there be enough room in a 25?
 

DigitalBoy

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;)

Hehe.. You are actually quite right. Last night I moved one of the males and one female to a 10g. That setup did not work - new male became dominant - and the old one was sad to look at.
 

Neil

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DigitalBoy,
There is almost always a dominant fish. It has to do with a number of things - size, already established territory, experience, etc. The size seems to be less critical than who is in the tank first and who has more experience or intent. If I add another fish to a tank, I try and make it a bigger fish. For example, I will add the female first to let her get established and then add the male (usually larger). If two males are to be in the same tank, I add the one that is smaller or less experienced well before I add the other. This seems to equalize things a bit, so no one has too much of an advantage. Then they will likely respect their given territory boundries more easily.

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DigitalBoy

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Did not work for me

Well, this bigger after smaller approach did not work for me - my old male was smaller than new one, and altough he was in this tank for half a year, he gave in right away.
 

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