festae breeding

[ashhhh]

Is gill flaring part of the mating habit for this fish? or is it a sign of aggression?They are separated by eggcrate till she settles in and are both definately male and female.Its the male doing the gill flaring, anyone know<
>Cheers Ash  

[wrk21]

yer typical guy, showing off....<
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>just watch for him to start rubbing up against the egg crete.. <
>then they might be ready...<
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>that was quick!!!<
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[ashhhh]

yeah it was quik, not five minutes after i put her in they both started showing interest in each other,<
>ps wayne, my pc went berko the other nite and switched itself off, thats why i left the live chat in a hurry, wasn''t being rude

Ash<
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>If you''re worried about them killing each other, you can try and
eed them through the egg crate. Just put a rock up against the egg crate on the females side and put a small power head at the males end of the tank so the water flow is toward the egg crate. the theory is the female will lay the eggs on the rock and the current will carry the males sperm over the eggs. Or if the female is smaller than the male, you can cut a hole in the egg crate which is big enough for her and not the male, so she can get away from him if she needs to.<
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>Cheers, Doug

Still.....   a nice pair off terrors with no divider is quite a nice sight.<
>Big pretty fish.<
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[ashhhh]

i dont think they like each other very much