Hanging Out With The Tiger Barbs

[pinkdolphin_113]

Ok so erm I bought 2 platys ages ago and the male died. The female was left by her self for about a month so I decided to buy her a man. The next morning I woke up to see her dead on the bottom.

Now I have a lonely male by himself ... although I thought.

I have been watching him for a few days now and noticed he acctually swims with my Tiger Barb shoal.
They are spawning at the moment I think because they seem to be swimming around with the shoal in 2's with their fins 100% erect and all the males have black at the edges off their scales.
I guess its fine for the male platy to hang out with the Tigers so he doesn't get stalked by my Clown Knife Fish n get eaten but what isnt ok is that he too seems to be spawning with the Tiger Barbs!!

WHY!??!

He swims around with a female, a Tiger without a red nose etc, with all his fins perfectly erect and swims at the Tigers side around the shoal. It's so wierd!!

 

[Ben]

im pretty sure he's not breeding with them, just trying to get attention or show dominance.

btw, why do you have fish of those with a clown knife which could eat them all in 2 minutes?

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

Because he's too small atm to eat anything. The knife fish seems to back away from the Angelfish atm so I think he's got a bit of growing to do before he can chase after a tiger barb.

I'm hoping to put him in a tropical pond with other fish soon.