I have just found out about this fish and i would like to get some and breed them.

can anyone who breeds them give me their thoughts and experiences with these fish? also their requirements etc

cheers

Hi, just noticed noone has replied to your post, I bred these ages ago and found them very easy to breed and very undemanding to keep. When I first bred them like 10 years ago I had a tank with peat as the substrate (wouldn't recommend this its messy as) but would aim for a ph below 7 water maybe 26-28C and on the soft side.

I'm pretty sure most captive bred cockatoo's will breed and live in whatever water you provide however.

HTH somewhat let us know how you get on, when I get back from overseas next year ill be buying some more cockatoo's maybe some of those wild caught ones off trademe.

yea i saw them on trademe aswell and they looked neat, however i have been asking a few questions and he doesnt have any sexable females for sale yet, did say however that i could take a pick and with luck id get a pair. however im not all that keen on taking that risk

and thanks for the info, has been a great help

Yeah have seen the wild caught ones and they're very hard to sex probably best to wait until you can afford 6 of them or until they're sexable