Hi,
A sad thread for me as 2 out of my trio of A. Cacatuoides have died suddenly for what seems like no reason at all.
I posted a thread a few weeks back to say that my Male had paired with a female and was harassing the other female to the point I thought I may lose her. I added more hiding places (pots and caves) and planted the tank even more to provide barriers and distract the line of sight from the male. This seemed to calm things down.
I was feeding them on frozen Daphnia and Bloodworm, high quality flake food and sinking pellets. Their colours were very good and both of my females were a bold yellow and my male looked wonderful.
I woke up Friday morning to find that one of my females (the one the male had paired with and didn't harass) was dead. This morning I woke to find my male had also died.
I have checked water quality, and scanned the tank for anything out of the norm, but all seems well. I've really gone out of my way to ensure the water quality is good. I can't think what else it could be?
I have 10 ember tetras, 4 Sterbai corys and the remaining female all doing very well.
Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is it possible I could have purchased poorly bred fish in the first place?
Now I'm not sure what to do? Do I by a new male to add to the tank, or buy another pair taking me back to a 1 male and 2 female ratio? I don't want to give up as these are such fantastic fish!
Many thanks - John.
A sad thread for me as 2 out of my trio of A. Cacatuoides have died suddenly for what seems like no reason at all.
I posted a thread a few weeks back to say that my Male had paired with a female and was harassing the other female to the point I thought I may lose her. I added more hiding places (pots and caves) and planted the tank even more to provide barriers and distract the line of sight from the male. This seemed to calm things down.
I was feeding them on frozen Daphnia and Bloodworm, high quality flake food and sinking pellets. Their colours were very good and both of my females were a bold yellow and my male looked wonderful.
I woke up Friday morning to find that one of my females (the one the male had paired with and didn't harass) was dead. This morning I woke to find my male had also died.
I have checked water quality, and scanned the tank for anything out of the norm, but all seems well. I've really gone out of my way to ensure the water quality is good. I can't think what else it could be?
I have 10 ember tetras, 4 Sterbai corys and the remaining female all doing very well.
Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is it possible I could have purchased poorly bred fish in the first place?
Now I'm not sure what to do? Do I by a new male to add to the tank, or buy another pair taking me back to a 1 male and 2 female ratio? I don't want to give up as these are such fantastic fish!
Many thanks - John.