Re: Polygamic A. pertensis !!?

["Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com>]

Fredrik,
I've seen this behavior in my wildcaught A.nijsseni male.I had a trio in a 
larger tank(75g).My male spawned with his favorite female first and helped 
her raising the fry.After the fry were about a week old another batch of fry 
showed up in a corner of the tank.My male didn't help the other female at 
all raising her fry.He just went over to her corner once in a while,checked 
things out and then straight back to his favorite female.It was really fun 
to watch.
Max


>From: Fredrik Ljungberg <Fredrik.Ljungberg@saab.se>
>Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
>To: Apisto-l <apisto@listbox.com>
>Subject: Polygamic A. pertensis !!?
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:55:35 +0100
>
>Perhaps not the weird behaviour dept but still a bit remarkable.
>I have a trio of A. pertensis in a 150 litre-tank with some
>tetras and a couple of A. paucisquamis. My pertensis has always
>been monogamic even if I had more than a pair in a tank but
>this trio isn't, or the male isn't. He spawned both females
>within a week and is now helping both of them to protect their
>fry from the tetras. Really nice to watch and I guess he takes
>the chance when he can...
>
>Has anyone seen this in what is generally accepted as monogamic
>species?
>
>There is some confusion regarding A. pertensis and I am not sure
>that these are the true form even if they're very close. Does anyone
>(Mike?) know where/if there is a photo of the real A. pertensis in
>any book or online?
>
>
>Regards,
>Fredrik L.
>
>
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