Cockatoo cichlid
Apistogramma cacatuoides
It holds a small patch of bottom; a guarding female will chase off giants.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 7.5 cm
- Smallest tank
- 60 cm
- Temperature
- 24–29 °C
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres10 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres30 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres50 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres108 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres200 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Demasoni cichlid
- Molly
- Celebes rainbowfish
- Bolivian ram
- Checkerboard cichlid
- Congo tetra
- Neon dwarf rainbowfish
- Bronze corydoras
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)
- Silver hatchetfish
- Scissortail rasbora
- Sterbai corydoras
- Kuhli loach
- Dwarf chain loach
- Rummynose tetra
- Emperor tetra
- Cherry barb
- Boesemani rainbowfish
- Turquoise rainbowfish
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- Chocolate gourami
- Keyhole cichlid
- and 29 more species
Caution
- Neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf gouramiBoth semi-aggressive
- Zebra loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Black skirt tetraBoth semi-aggressive
- Diamond tetraBoth semi-aggressive
- Pearl danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbBoth semi-aggressive
- Julii corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Giant danioNarrow shared temperature range
- PlatyNarrow shared temperature range
- Panda corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Yellow lab cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- Odessa barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Serpae tetraBoth semi-aggressive
- Denison barbNarrow shared temperature range
- OtocinclusNarrow shared temperature range
- Multies shell dwellerBoth semi-aggressive
- JulidochromisBoth semi-aggressive
- African butterflyfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Glowlight danioNarrow shared temperature range
- SwordtailBoth semi-aggressive
- Three spot gouramiBoth semi-aggressive
- Dwarf pufferBoth semi-aggressive
- Galaxy rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pygmy corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Green kubotai rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Yoyo loachBoth semi-aggressive
- Peacock cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- Firemouth cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- Freshwater angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Rainbow sharkBoth semi-aggressive
- SeverumBoth semi-aggressive
- Kissing gouramiBoth semi-aggressive
- FrontosaBoth semi-aggressive
- OscarBoth semi-aggressive
- Black ghost knifefishBoth semi-aggressive
Not together
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Paradise fishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap