Double Full Red Cockatoo Cichlid
We have dwarf double red cockatoo cichlids apistogramma cacatuoides for sale online at competitive prices.
Double full red cockatoo cichlid. Some of the specifically bred out colorings are called sunset red double red triple red and sun spot. The double full red cockatoo cichlid appistogramma cacatuoides originates from south american streams and pools. Images used are to show the full potential of the fish when fully mature and are not always representative of juvenile specimens.
This tank picture looks better than 98 93 of tank pictures in this category. This interbreeding for color has contributed to spinal malformations in the cockatoo cichlid. Liveaquaria sells pairs for around 60 before shipping but if you end up breeding them you could easily pay that back.
The cockatoo cichlid apistogramma cacatuoides is sometimes known as the big mouth cichlid because of its large mouth. It has vibrant orange and red fins a little bit of black bit with a grayish body and a black. Like most dwarf cichlids the male and female are markedly different in appearance.
Some populations exhibit notable. View our aquarium livestock range online. It s difficult to tell why it happened so possibly it s the order of the day now or it s about the fact that this fish is higher priced.
This defect should be watched for and all such fish humanely destroyed. Not only are they considered a beginners apisto they are also spectacularly beautiful. They are relatively hardy and fairly easy to keep and breed.
Apistogramma cacatuoides is one of the easiest dwarf cichlids to keep however it s not the most spread one among the aquarists. Once the female has laid her eggs the male will follow to fertilize them. Double full red cockatoo cichlid.
The cockatoo cichlid lat. The fry will be free swimming within seven to ten days at which time they should be fed newly hatched. This breed has a beautiful elongated body with radiant red and black dorsal fins.
After fertilization the male then leaves the brood for the female to tend to. Is there a chep plece o buy them. The cockatoo cichlid has many colour variations such as the full red double red triple red super red and orange.
The double full red cockatoo cichlid is an egg layer that prefers to spawn in caves. Ranked 80 out of 7464 freshwater fish pictures worldwide. The type locality was originally given incorrectly as paramaribo suriname but this was later amended by kullander to the amazon river basin between 69 w and 71 w the species is currently considered widespread throughout much of the upper amazon basin from the ríos ucayali and amazonas in peru to the solimões in western brazil.
Some of the triple red couples can produce 3 different color variations.
