Bn Pleco Mating Behaviour

[stoneagedinosaur]

Hi all

I witnessed some behaviour the other day that was simply amazing. I had run out of CO[sup]2[/sup] and the male BN started using the diffuser as a cave. First I saw this:

You can see the male forcing the female up to the top of the diffuser

of course the chamber is vertical so the eggs dropped to the floor, but the male stood guard over the eggs fanning them with his fins

But eventually gave up and abandoned the eggs - much to the delight of the corys

Cool eh?

 

[JenCliBee]

Excellent pics mate and a lovely insight into spawning behaviour

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

Pics aren't the best due to rubbish camera! Why do they always do stuff at weird angles? It would have been much better to have done it at the front of the tank!

 

[moochy13]

wait till they find out they done the deed in a see through cave

 

[stoneagedinosaur]

Ha ha

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Well done!... a useful topic and comes at the right time for me......