Hello people!
So I got a tank with one guppy male and three females. Size of females is one large, one medium and one small. Ive read that male guppy prefer larger females and that seems to be true here as he shows interest in them in that order. The thing is that he displays very different 'mating strategy' with them.
To the largest female he is almost aggressive, nearly forceful, chasing her around and try to bump in to her from the sides. Kind of like 'a little less conversation more action' etc..
To the medium one he displays the complete opposite. Very tender. Dances to her, showing of his fins, flirting. Chasing seems very gentle compared to how he chases the large one.
The small one I got no real input since he show least interest in her.
So anyone experienced this? Any idea what causes these different strategies? Social structures? Has the large one already 'accepted' him and now he have to work harder trying to charm the other one?
So I got a tank with one guppy male and three females. Size of females is one large, one medium and one small. Ive read that male guppy prefer larger females and that seems to be true here as he shows interest in them in that order. The thing is that he displays very different 'mating strategy' with them.
To the largest female he is almost aggressive, nearly forceful, chasing her around and try to bump in to her from the sides. Kind of like 'a little less conversation more action' etc..
To the medium one he displays the complete opposite. Very tender. Dances to her, showing of his fins, flirting. Chasing seems very gentle compared to how he chases the large one.
The small one I got no real input since he show least interest in her.
So anyone experienced this? Any idea what causes these different strategies? Social structures? Has the large one already 'accepted' him and now he have to work harder trying to charm the other one?