TimboS
Tue Mar 11, 2008, 03:39 AM
Hi All,
I've been out and purchased a new discus to go with my female. The idea is to try and get a breeding pair. Yes, the bloke I was dealing with told me about the shape of the anal fin as a good guess as to the sex of the fish and so I went with that and picked accordingly (where the fish is about 7cm nose to tailfin).
Well, the female hammers the new discus, especially at feeding time. The tank is really only big enough for 2, being 124L.
I recall reading that a breeding pair will settle down and not pick on one another and what-not, however the question is how long does it take two fish that are indeed seperate sexes to find that out for themselves and start liking one another? I was told that it might take up to a week for the female to settle down after introducing the new fish, however maybe she knows the newbie is female, not male, and is already acting accordingly?
She is about 1.5 years old and I am not sure about the new one, being about 7cm. Perhaps he indeed is a male and she knows this - therefore getting stuck into him to see if he is a suitable mate? (She has spawned twice before).
The female behaviour is quite funny. If she is feeding on one side of the tank and he is at the other, she will slowly drift upward and swim toward him, and then when she gets within say 15cm of him she will go full throttle. She does not wag her tail in his face and when she is close enough will only peck at him once or twice. It's almost like she enjoys the chase, and her stress bars don't show up too much during all of this.
????
Timbo
I've been out and purchased a new discus to go with my female. The idea is to try and get a breeding pair. Yes, the bloke I was dealing with told me about the shape of the anal fin as a good guess as to the sex of the fish and so I went with that and picked accordingly (where the fish is about 7cm nose to tailfin).
Well, the female hammers the new discus, especially at feeding time. The tank is really only big enough for 2, being 124L.
I recall reading that a breeding pair will settle down and not pick on one another and what-not, however the question is how long does it take two fish that are indeed seperate sexes to find that out for themselves and start liking one another? I was told that it might take up to a week for the female to settle down after introducing the new fish, however maybe she knows the newbie is female, not male, and is already acting accordingly?
She is about 1.5 years old and I am not sure about the new one, being about 7cm. Perhaps he indeed is a male and she knows this - therefore getting stuck into him to see if he is a suitable mate? (She has spawned twice before).
The female behaviour is quite funny. If she is feeding on one side of the tank and he is at the other, she will slowly drift upward and swim toward him, and then when she gets within say 15cm of him she will go full throttle. She does not wag her tail in his face and when she is close enough will only peck at him once or twice. It's almost like she enjoys the chase, and her stress bars don't show up too much during all of this.
????
Timbo