Apisto. Cacatuoides

[Makino]

hi all. i have a pair of cockatoo dwarfs in 10 gal. earlier today i noticed the male shaking his head rapidly at the female. is this aggressive behaviour or a sign of breeding? i've never seen this in apisto's before.

[ChilDawg]

I think that it is aggression, but I am not 100% for certain.

Here is the best article that I could find on breeding the piscine Cockatoos: http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Zilliox_Apistogramma_cacatuoides.html

[Molino]

All I've really noticed with my two Cockatoos is the standard flaring of the gills and the male waving his tail at the female.

[Haggisman]

Yep it sounds like breeding behavour.My pair does this quite a bit.They do a lot of posturing and the female seems just as interested in the male as he is in her.