RE: Yay!

["Simon, Dan" <Dan.Simon@pcgw.claircom.com>]

Congrats !

No need to separate them. Praecox are one of the few types that you can leave 
the eggs and the adults in the same tank after breeding.  I've raised lots of 
praecox this way.  However, be sure to keep your tank covered since 'bows are 
"jumpers".

Dan


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Charter [mailto:charter@charter-terminal.com] 
Sent:   Monday, March 11, 2002 1:14 PM
To:     gsas-member@gsas.org
Subject:        Yay!

In preparation for this month's meeting, a few weeks ago I purchased six 
neon dwarf rainbowfish from The Fish Store in Bellevue (where they were on 
sale, $20 for the pair - basically "buy one, get the second for 
$3).  They're in a 29 gallon tank beside the couch.

Just a few minutes ago, I'm sitting here on the couch, and some 
extra-frisky movement caught my eye.  I look over and hey, whaddayaknow, 
they're breeding!  I told them that this is NOT ALLOWED, as I have not yet 
attended the seminar on the subject, but they ignored me.

When I glanced over, the male and female were hovering over and around a 
clump of wisteria.  Side by side, they shivered their flanks, and eggs 
floated down into the plant.  The male's job is being made rather more 
difficult by the other two males, who keep trying to sneak in on the sly.

Now that they've finished, the female is swimming around as usual, but the 
male is charging all over the place, alternately courting the females and 
displaying against the males.  I also note that the spawning male has 
developed a dramatic orange stripe down the top of his head.

I suspect I may have to relocate the adults to a different tank, before the 
male chases everyone else to death.  For crying out loud, fishies, this is 
why I have a perfectly nice spawning tank!  I suppose there's no point 
interrupting them to transfer a pair into the spawning tank.  Ah well - I 
suppose love chooses its own time table!


  - Erika