Re: When a Borellii acts like a Flounder

[Steph & Dave <caligula@tig.com.au>]

I had the great fortune to attend a talk by Ad Konings last night and
there he mentioned a cichlid from LAke Tanganyika (i think - he talked
about both lakes and sooo many fish they are all jumbled in my brain!)

Any way the standard spwaning behaviour of the male was to build a large
nest in the sand and his method of display was to fall over on his side,
fins clamped and the throat extended.

Steph

ALEX PASTOR wrote:
> 
> 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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