sudz
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hey guys!
The last little while i've been commenting on how agressive my fish neon's have been ever since i bought 4 more neons to go with my lonely two. (just over a month ago)
I think i FINALLY figured it out.
They were chasing eachother constantly, but no damage to any of the neons... Well i watched them very closely this morning... an hour after lights-on, and 20 minutes after feeding, and they tend to chase eachother, and every now and then one will catch up, and they'll swim.... against eachother. Sideways, and one tail will be tilted sideways under the other fish.
Is that their mating... ritual? lol
I have some fairly tangly java fern that they will not be able to get into, but i don't have a mop or anything. Should i get one? I wouldn't mind some free neons for my 44 gallon! Its nice because the fish that are breeding (if they are) are from different family's. The first neons (2 now) came from petsmart, the second batch (5) (one stuck in my 44 gallon) is from big al's.
Tank param:
1. Tank size 10 gallon
2. Temperature 76*f
3. pH, GH 7.0, 21 degrees hardness
4. Conditioning (or what you've been feeding) Big al's staple food with some frozen and freeze dried bloodworm
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning - Described above
6. Selection of spawning site (if any) Swimming all around
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn - I accidentally left my window open last night, the tank might have been a few degrees colder.
8. Pics are always great - The pics are hard to show their behaviour... I'll have this link active for the next 2 days (to a video)
(its 10 mb!)
http://69.193.201.38/HPIM0563.MPG
They've winded down now. Do they only breed in the morning?
Thanks for any info/opinions/anything!
The last little while i've been commenting on how agressive my fish neon's have been ever since i bought 4 more neons to go with my lonely two. (just over a month ago)
I think i FINALLY figured it out.
They were chasing eachother constantly, but no damage to any of the neons... Well i watched them very closely this morning... an hour after lights-on, and 20 minutes after feeding, and they tend to chase eachother, and every now and then one will catch up, and they'll swim.... against eachother. Sideways, and one tail will be tilted sideways under the other fish.
Is that their mating... ritual? lol
I have some fairly tangly java fern that they will not be able to get into, but i don't have a mop or anything. Should i get one? I wouldn't mind some free neons for my 44 gallon! Its nice because the fish that are breeding (if they are) are from different family's. The first neons (2 now) came from petsmart, the second batch (5) (one stuck in my 44 gallon) is from big al's.
Tank param:
1. Tank size 10 gallon
2. Temperature 76*f
3. pH, GH 7.0, 21 degrees hardness
4. Conditioning (or what you've been feeding) Big al's staple food with some frozen and freeze dried bloodworm
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning - Described above
6. Selection of spawning site (if any) Swimming all around
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn - I accidentally left my window open last night, the tank might have been a few degrees colder.
8. Pics are always great - The pics are hard to show their behaviour... I'll have this link active for the next 2 days (to a video)
(its 10 mb!)
http://69.193.201.38/HPIM0563.MPG
They've winded down now. Do they only breed in the morning?
Thanks for any info/opinions/anything!
