ErtyJr
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Hello everyone! Last sunday my cacatuoides laid her eggs, I was very doubtful anything would come of it because they are both very young and the male had a female before that laid and he never fertilized the eggs. She died after eating her eggs and then she stopped eating completely and starved. It was a sad day for me.
But anyways last sunday Nia (my female) laid her eggs, she continued doing what seemed to me to be courting behavior but also seemed somewhat aggresive, so I held onto hope. As the days passed she continued to guard her nest and I thought oh wow either Ammo (my male) finally figured out the birds and the bees or Nia (2) is just a very adamant mother.
This morning I woke up to see little apistogramma cacatuoides in a whole new location where I could actually see them! Now I believe the mother moved them during the night because they don't seem to be much on the swimming but they all look healthy and I'm currently harvesting some vinegar eels to squirt onto them in a few hours. Any tips? I'm so excited, Ammo and Nia are looking to be such good parents thus far!
But anyways last sunday Nia (my female) laid her eggs, she continued doing what seemed to me to be courting behavior but also seemed somewhat aggresive, so I held onto hope. As the days passed she continued to guard her nest and I thought oh wow either Ammo (my male) finally figured out the birds and the bees or Nia (2) is just a very adamant mother.
This morning I woke up to see little apistogramma cacatuoides in a whole new location where I could actually see them! Now I believe the mother moved them during the night because they don't seem to be much on the swimming but they all look healthy and I'm currently harvesting some vinegar eels to squirt onto them in a few hours. Any tips? I'm so excited, Ammo and Nia are looking to be such good parents thus far!