FWmom
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Mar 24, 2012
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My first pics were posted in a "show us" thread, before I was sure of gender. We are still working on that issue, because the coloration is not true to type. Both seem to have pink/purplish bellies. With new behavior, I believe we have a male & female, just not sure which one is which. Now, a couple weeks later, the two have been experimenting on territory and swimming/sparring together. After I placed a few extra rocks and plants OUTSIDE of the tank, they started to occupy the corner behind those plants. It was a high-traffic area for the other fish, so I moved the outside plants and rocks to the opposite corner, added a flat stone and surrounded the area with extra plants. They moved over a couple hours after exploring, both started digging a sandy spot together, and have been practicing defense from the curious on-lookers (one diamond tetra and crazy glofish.) They are very small yet, 3/4", but progress made each day. Today they enjoyed a first feeding of bloodworms. Have had no feeding issues, however our Ph is rather high 7.4. Have no plans on fussing with it, so who knows whether eggs would survive. I just thought the outside 'planting' would help others who are trying to encourage front of the tank breeding. They are not phased by the camera, or me peering in to see what's going on.
This is Pinkie, the girl (I think) and the sandy pit created below the large rock in the far right corner of the tank. Red topped plants are outside of tank. Blue Boy(?) is not visible, but close by:
This is Pinkie, the girl (I think) and the sandy pit created below the large rock in the far right corner of the tank. Red topped plants are outside of tank. Blue Boy(?) is not visible, but close by: