Mating Behavior

Paul B · 11-02-2009, 12:48 PM

I have always said that if your fish are exhibiting mating behavior they are in the best of health. There are as many varied mating behaviors as there are fish. My fireclowns just get next to each other and shake while smacking each other with their tails, my bluestripped pipefish kind of swim parallel to each other and occasionally wrap around each other. Bangai cardinals just stay next to each other as do seahorses and the male of these gobies drag the female around in their mouth. This male has been holding (gingerly) the female by the area just before the tail for an hour. She is playing hard to get and is probably not ready to lay eggs. This pair has been laying eggs for a few years now.

Here is the female tending an earlier spawning

Dweezil · 11-02-2009, 01:25 PM

Great Pictures Paul!

redsea reefer · 11-02-2009, 02:15 PM

Your the man Paul...

Paul B · 11-02-2009, 03:08 PM

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Your the man Paul...

Redsea, not really, I didn't do anything but take the picture, the fish do it all on their own

redsea reefer · 11-02-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul B

Redsea, not really, I didn't do anything but take the picture, the fish do it all on their own

Not really Paul, Last time I checked a tank doesn't take care of itself but maybe in your case, it does...

11-02-2009, 12:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paul B Plate Coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 795 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Mating Behavior I have always said that if your fish are exhibiting mating behavior they are in the best of health. There are as many varied mating behaviors as there are fish. My fireclowns just get next to each other and shake while smacking each other with their tails, my bluestripped pipefish kind of swim parallel to each other and occasionally wrap around each other. Bangai cardinals just stay next to each other as do seahorses and the male of these gobies drag the female around in their mouth. This male has been holding (gingerly) the female by the area just before the tail for an hour. She is playing hard to get and is probably not ready to lay eggs. This pair has been laying eggs for a few years now. Here is the female tending an earlier spawning

11-02-2009, 01:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dweezil Plate Coral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 711 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mating Behavior Great Pictures Paul! __________________ ~Tammy "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" ~ Abraham Lincoln My Tank Thread

11-02-2009, 02:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
redsea reefer Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: L.A, California Posts: 2,124 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mating Behavior Your the man Paul... __________________ Eddie 34g RSM 130 with 45#'s live rock and 30#'s aragonite reef sand. Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Koralia 2 My Tank

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