A Pleasant Meeting

[gwand26 142]

I recently placed a pair of a. cacatuoides in a black water 20 gallon long tank. The first meeting went well. The male displayed for the female. Will she accept his advances?

 

[WhistlingBadger23 5]

Check Me Out, Baby!!!

 

[fishorama23 15]

I'd say that's a successful 1st meeting. He's on full display & she's noticing. Neither shows aggression. Is this her "maiden" encounter? Might be a smallish brood if they make it that far. My cac females were beyond pushy but your male looks up to holding his own. Lots of nice egg laying place available!

 

[gwand26 142]

I'd say that's a successful 1st meeting. He's on full display & she's noticing. Neither shows aggression. Is this her "maiden" encounter? Might be a smallish brood if they make it that far. My cac females were beyond pushy but your male looks up to holding his own. Lots of nice egg laying place available!

Yes. Her first maiden encounter. I like that phrase.

 

[fishorama23 15]

Trying to be sort of PC & I've been reading old fantasy books lately. It seemed an apt expression, lol. When I got 6 juvies of 2 species of apistos, the females were way more ready than their clueless males. The females knocked the snot out of them when they didn't catch on to subtle flirting.

Has the male bred before? He seems more focused on what to do. A bit older? That's a good sign! Feed them up to get the mood just right. Candlelight & music?

 

[gwand26 142]

Trying to be sort of PC & I've been reading old fantasy books lately. It seemed an apt expression, lol. When I got 6 juvies of 2 species of apistos, the females were way more ready than their clueless males. The females knocked the snot out of them when they didn't catch on to subtle flirting.

Has the male bred before? He seems more focused on what to do. A bit older? That's a good sign! Feed them up to get the mood just right. Candlelight & music?

You are correct. The male has bred before.

 

[WhistlingBadger23 5]

Trying to be sort of PC & I've been reading old fantasy books lately. It seemed an apt expression, lol. When I got 6 juvies of 2 species of apistos, the females were way more ready than their clueless males. The females knocked the snot out of them when they didn't catch on to subtle flirting.

So, it was basically a middle school dance.

 

[GaryE26 141]

Interestingly, yesterday I combined a pair of my wild caught Pelvicachromis taeniatus, and had about the same reaction. They're swimming together like an old breeding couple, even if they were only caught 9 days ago now.
I was concerned about a West Side Story type scenario - one came from the north bank of the river under the lily pads, but the other was from the south side in the weird plants that flowered in 3 feet of flowing water. It's nice to see they don't have the old neighbourhood type competition.

Dwarf Cichlids can be entertaining. Combine 5 different pairs and you can get 5 different scenarios. It's a joy when it looks smooth.

 

[SammyTargo]

The female looks very strange from what I see. Normally, and with my previous cockatoos they have a dark stripe. However, maybe yours are a variation or breed. They can have many patterns, even spots rather than stripes.

 

[GaryE26 141]

The female looks very strange from what I see. Normally, and with my previous cockatoos they have a dark stripe. However, maybe yours are a variation or breed. They can have many patterns, even spots rather than stripes.

These are a linebred muation sold as 'orange flash' cacatuoides. They're nice, striking looking fish, but very different from wilds.

 

[gwand26 142]

The female looks very strange from what I see. Normally, and with my previous cockatoos they have a dark stripe. However, maybe yours are a variation or breed. They can have many patterns, even spots rather than stripes.

They are color morphs called lemon candy developed in the Czech Republic. I hate the name. The females are solid canary, yellow.

 

[Back in the fold]

Very interesting . . . .

 

[GaryE26 141]

Lemon candy? That's another common name breakdown, as I've seen that morph sold as orange flash around here. I can see it's yellower than the older mutated form, but it's very similar.
I can't keep them now, since I'm diabetic.

 

[gwand26 142]

In my neck of the woods this is a male and female orange flash. I bred these two.

 

[WhistlingBadger23 5]

There's no accounting for common names.

When the Badgerling was a toddler, we were reading a wildlife book, and I showed her a picture of Marmota flaviventris. "That's a rock chuck," I said. "Mom calls it a marmot. You can call it whatever you like."

My sweet girl looked at the picture thoughtfully before saying, "I call it Julie."