The Mating Ritual Is Happening While I Type!

[Captain Retardo]

The mating ritual of my Cherry Barbs is happening while im typing this right now!!! The male is following the female around and going to her side and flashing his fins up and down! The female dosen't seem interested though....

What color are Cherry Barb eggs by the way?

And will the female be swayed into breeding?!

I'm so excited!

I have been watching them do this for about 10 minutes, but I imagine they have been doing it longer

I have also noticed that the female has gotten a lot "plumper" lately, and the male has gotten a deeper red color! I fed the frozen bloodworms yesterday also!

 

[Captain Retardo]

Hurray!!!! I think she is laying eggs on the plants now!!! She is circling around a fake plant and it looks like she is laying eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She stills seems a little bit uncomfortable though, but she has gotten A LOT more receptive of him in the last 10 minutes!

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

Congratulations, keep us updated on their progress.

 

[Captain Retardo]

The male is still courting the female but not with as much energy as before. I don't think they laid any eggs though, and the female is getting less receptive again

 

[afireinside]

Darn CR... can I come over and look?

 

[Captain Retardo]

Looks like the female isn't "feeling it" but my male is being very aggresive to any fish that crosses his path. Ya OA, come over tommorow, hopefully they'll still be "doing it", they have to take a nap right now before getting started again!

BTW- You can have some fry if you want (hopefully she will lay some eggs soon, this is definetaly breeding behavior though!)

 

[afireinside]

Cool, I'm gonna call ya in a bit then.