Re: unusual behaviour-Nijsseni, Regani

["Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>]

Scott,
I am trying to get my head round this also!  First of all congratulations
but I am a wee bit confused as to why the Regani pair didn't object to you
when you were catching them when they had fry in the tank.
Very soon you will know the age of the fry as at 5 days old the fry have the
longitudinal stripe from nose to tail that was not present the day before.
Feed the fry well with newly hatched brine shrimp and they grow at a
remarkable rate (the Nijsseni female will get the fright of her life).
Incidentally your F1 Creni. Regani pair were born 5th August.
Helen
> OK folks, you are perfectly free to disbelieve this, I am still a bit
> sceptical.
>
> About six weeks ago I got a pair of Cr. Reganies from Helen Burns, with
> Helen estimating that they would bread in about three to four weeks. As I
> was going to be away for the Christmas period I placed them in a 48 x 12 x
> 15 with some Keyholes, Cardinals, Corys and Mollies with the view to
moving
> them into a breading tank after I returned. The breading tank was
previously
> the home to some A. nijsenni, but the female had terminally beaten up her
> mate, so she was moved in beside the pikes in the 4'foot tank, and a plec
> was put into the breading tank to chomp back on some of the algae.
>
> All was fine on my return, but I left it to last weekend before moving the
> pikes to their new home, just to check they were 'not up to anything'. The
> were not showing any signs of being particularly territorial etc, but I
> guessed that the female was a bit less gravid so must have spawned and the
> eggs came to nothing. So on Saturday they got relocated.
>
> >From that point on the female A. nijsenni got a bit more territorial, and
> here yellowness went up a few notches of intensity, but I just put that
down
> to her finding a bit territory she didn't want give up. That was until
last
> night when I returned home.
>
> Nanny nijsenni was herding about 40 to 50 fry, and they were responding to
> her body movements, 'hit the dust', 'shoal up' and 'follow me', so
> imprinting must have taken place. But I'm still getting my head round
this,
> I might be a bit more cold logical about this later on today, but I have
my
> doubts.
>
> Last night I left nanny and the kids in the 4 foot, as she is doing a
> traditional nijsenni parental job.
>
> Scot
>
>
>
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