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hey yall!
just wanted to share an interesting observation.
My tank contains among other fish 2 males A. red punkt and 3
females. The dominant male did first breed with its "favorite" female right in
the middle of the tank. He/they have been defending very energetically
their fry specially violantely against their own species. anyway, after 3
weeks i took the fry out and the other 2 females got their spawning colors right
away. they didn't "flirt" with the other male but with the dominant one. The
funny thing is that he did breed with both of them but it looks like he's kind
of "hidding" that fact from its favorite female (does this remind you of the
behavior of some male from another specie!! ;-) ) Thus the tank
bottom is divided in 3 parts with the 3 females and the male keeps busy in
keeping each female from seeing the other! Thus he did only actively defend the
fry with its favorite female. The 2 others and their fry are on their
own.
I just found that funny and interesting.
Also there are other fish in the tank that could easily eat
the fry, i found strange that the male didn't stay monogam (ie more succesfull
in such environment). I would have expect a polygam behavior in a specific
tank.
anyway, here is my today's input.
take care
FLI USA
Yvan Alleau
712 Kings boulevard 97330 Corvallis, Oregon home # 738-0606 College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University office (Burt 222) # 737-3649, to be used wisely ! yalleau@oce.orst.edu "When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the
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