At 1st light this morning, I noticed much more activity in my South American tank than normal… apparently they are group spawners, like a female is ready, and all the males in the school chase her around… so far, I’ve only witnessed couples dancing… this group dancing, was kind of surprising, but I suppose could be expected, on fish that shoal in a dozen…
I know nothing, about how they breed… assuming they are egg scatterers… no chance of any survival, in a community tank… but interesting to watch…
I’ve never even been able to keep tetras, with my previous water… interesting what you can see, when you can provide a fish what it actually needs…
I can’t tell them apart, but looks like a group of 5 or 6 races around, assuming they are lead by the female, intermittently she stops, and 4 or 5 others all rub against her shimmying for a few seconds, then off she goes, with them all racing behind her, until she stops again…
It’s nice having the tanks in my bedroom, so I can witness things like this…
Hmmm… she may be depositing on leaves of the plants. As she seems to rub up on them occasionally… or maybe she is applying pressure to release eggs??? They are so small of a fish, the eggs must be really tiny…
I know nothing, about how they breed… assuming they are egg scatterers… no chance of any survival, in a community tank… but interesting to watch…
I’ve never even been able to keep tetras, with my previous water… interesting what you can see, when you can provide a fish what it actually needs…
I can’t tell them apart, but looks like a group of 5 or 6 races around, assuming they are lead by the female, intermittently she stops, and 4 or 5 others all rub against her shimmying for a few seconds, then off she goes, with them all racing behind her, until she stops again…
It’s nice having the tanks in my bedroom, so I can witness things like this…
Hmmm… she may be depositing on leaves of the plants. As she seems to rub up on them occasionally… or maybe she is applying pressure to release eggs??? They are so small of a fish, the eggs must be really tiny…
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