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I have a spawn of 27 Apisto. Cacatuoides (triple red) growing out in which I got only 2 males. These fry are actually now sub-adults and some of the larger females are coloring up brightly at feeding time and acting like they'd like to find a nice boyfriend. Since the male which spawned this group (my only male) died, I need to keep the 2 little males, and they happen to be growing slower than about half of the females. The females are nice, but what can be done with 25 female apistos? LFS don't want females, because they aren't as flashy as the males, but I certainly don't need 25 of them! Also, I'm not too keen on trying to get into shipping. Can anyone give me an idea of whether there is a demand for just females among clubs and such in general?
I did have an outlet arranged before I got involved with raising fry in the first place, but they want at least some males to sell as pairs and I never expected that the ratio would be so uneven. :?
They are wonderful little fish, but I'd like to have room in the growout tank so that I can let the borelli's do their thing. (Nope, can't get another grow out tank. My kids already accuse me of trying to have Sea World in my house and my husband is starting to give me the evil eye every time he finds a fish he doesn't recognize in one of my tanks! :lol: )
Any feedback is appreciated.
Ronnie-Sue
I did have an outlet arranged before I got involved with raising fry in the first place, but they want at least some males to sell as pairs and I never expected that the ratio would be so uneven. :?
They are wonderful little fish, but I'd like to have room in the growout tank so that I can let the borelli's do their thing. (Nope, can't get another grow out tank. My kids already accuse me of trying to have Sea World in my house and my husband is starting to give me the evil eye every time he finds a fish he doesn't recognize in one of my tanks! :lol: )
Any feedback is appreciated.
Ronnie-Sue