Re: When a Borellii acts like a Flounder

["Phil Eaton" <peaton@hotmail.com>]

I have a group of about 5 wild caught Agasizzi that are doing the exact 
same thing.  In this case, I woke up this morning to find the small 
female he was laying down in front of fanning a clutch of eggs on the 
back glass of the tank!  

The smaller female is the one with the eggs, and my concern at this 
point is that the place she picked out is right in the middle of the 
claimed territory of a pair of A. Cruzi!  The Cruzi female has some free 
swimming fry about a week old, and she is quite agressive about their 
well being.  Tonight I am going to attempt to move the Cruzi to a 20 in 
the next room.  I left the night light on and the rest off in hopes of 
them not beating each other up 'till I get there!

By the way, the "floundering" observed was amoung the leaf litter on the 
bottom on the opposite side of the tank from where the eggs were laid.

Any other suggestions appreciated!

Phil

>Recently, after being introduced to a rather tiny female, my male 
Borellii
>has altered his 'courting' behaviour.  With his other partner, who is a
>larger specimen, he does all the typical pre-mating moves: fin flashes 
and
>tail flaps to show how big and powerful he is;  just like in the books.
>Sort of like "look at me!  I'm big, I'm powerful, baby!  Do it with 
me."
>
>But with wife #2 he slowly lies down on his side in front of her as if 
to
>play dead.  When she does not show any interest and swims away, he 
follows
>her.  Then he gets in front of her and lies down again.  I thought that
>maybe he is developing an alternate 'courting' posture to let the much, 
much
>smaller female know that he is not a danger to her.  Well, she's not
>impressed one way or the other, until wife #1 starts to lay eggs.  Then 
she
>tries to usurp the spawning site, with of course, no success.  It seems 
wife
>#2 only thinks he is good for anything when he is out proving himself 
to
>wife #1.
>
>Anyone else out there watch "Discovery Channel Live" and seen anything 
like
>this?  Any thoughts about this strange (at least to me) behaviour?
>
>G. Kadar
>watching fish instead of re-runs
>
>
>
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