I recently introduced a female emperor tetra to the tank with my male. I think they might be ready soon; the male is incredibly radiant and confident, the female is still shy as she is almost recently added, but she was already so plump when I bought her.
Anyway, this post is about behavior. Ever since the female was added, my male has been zipping around the tank like he's on a massive sugar rush, mostly chasing around all the fish who are smaller than him. It's only playful I think, but when he knocked my otto off of its cucumber piece (by accident?) I started wondering. I've never seen anything aggressive from my male before. Normally he just slowly glides around the tank, maybe darting once in a while; this is weird.
Is the male territorial near mating?
Anyway, this post is about behavior. Ever since the female was added, my male has been zipping around the tank like he's on a massive sugar rush, mostly chasing around all the fish who are smaller than him. It's only playful I think, but when he knocked my otto off of its cucumber piece (by accident?) I started wondering. I've never seen anything aggressive from my male before. Normally he just slowly glides around the tank, maybe darting once in a while; this is weird.
Is the male territorial near mating?
