Mating Or Fighting?

[JillyL]

Hi all, Hope everyone is well

I came down this morning at 5am and my two Golden Barbs were lip to lip swimming in circles(Looked so cute),then they swam around a bit and like rubbed against eachothers sides,Was it fighting? Should I leave them together? Are they/did they mate? How do Golden Barbs mate? How long are they preggers for? What do I do with the 'mummy' whens she's preggers? How do I no which one is the 'mummy'?
Any help with this would be great.
Thanks all.

Jilly

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Cant help you with if they were mating or not...but if they did...barbs dont get pregnant...they scatter eggs...which would more of likely been eaten.

 

[Opcn]

Isn't it best when you combind the two? No, they are egg scatterers and there mateing probably looks a bit like chaseingand lip locking is often used for sizeing a mate or rival up but usually a rival.

 

[JillyL]

opcn Posted on Jul 15 2004, 08:04 AM
Isn't it best when you combind the two? No, they are egg scatterers and there mateing probably looks a bit like chaseingand lip locking is often used for sizeing a mate or rival up but usually a rival.



What do you mean combind the two?

They werent chasing eachother,they did lock lips but after that they swam side by side for a couple of minutes.

Thanks for the help