shrimp_lass
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Hello world!
I've been watching my Honduran Red Points fish do some stuff recently that I thought some of you might find interesting, so here goes --
My largest female, Zinnia, and my largest male, Rhaegar, successfully spawned about three months back. As soon as fry were free swimming, dad lost interest and attempted to pair off again with his baby momma's sister, which caused some issues so I removed all the males into another tank.
About a month and a half later, I saw Zinnia and another female, Memphis Pearl, flaring at each other and eventually kind of teaming up to protect Zinnia's babies with Rhaegar (who is Memphis' brother). They have been inseparable for about two weeks. Cute. Memphis Pearl is the smallest of all my red points, and I think I have seen her with an orange belly, so I strongly believe she is female. But today I found another cave dug out, Zinnia in it, and Memphis Pearl patrolling the perimeter. Zinnia was actually fanning the roof of the cave as if keeping eggs oxygenated. But I didn't see any eggs actually laid for her to be fanning.
In pic, Memphis Pearl is top-left. Zinnia is in the cave, circled.
I can't find anything about this type of fish being hermaphroditic. Anyone experienced this?
I've been watching my Honduran Red Points fish do some stuff recently that I thought some of you might find interesting, so here goes --
My largest female, Zinnia, and my largest male, Rhaegar, successfully spawned about three months back. As soon as fry were free swimming, dad lost interest and attempted to pair off again with his baby momma's sister, which caused some issues so I removed all the males into another tank.
About a month and a half later, I saw Zinnia and another female, Memphis Pearl, flaring at each other and eventually kind of teaming up to protect Zinnia's babies with Rhaegar (who is Memphis' brother). They have been inseparable for about two weeks. Cute. Memphis Pearl is the smallest of all my red points, and I think I have seen her with an orange belly, so I strongly believe she is female. But today I found another cave dug out, Zinnia in it, and Memphis Pearl patrolling the perimeter. Zinnia was actually fanning the roof of the cave as if keeping eggs oxygenated. But I didn't see any eggs actually laid for her to be fanning.
In pic, Memphis Pearl is top-left. Zinnia is in the cave, circled.
I can't find anything about this type of fish being hermaphroditic. Anyone experienced this?