Fish Behaviour

[jpeterson]

Hello, i was wondering if this behaviour is a sign of anything. My harlequins seems to be sticking their dorsal fin right up and swimming along side each other shaking their bodies. Any idea what it means?

 

[Harlequins]

Breeding???

If they start turning upside down under leaves,you know they'll spawning

 

[benjoey]

I don't know what it is but mine do it quite often aswell, they also circle eachother like they are chasing eachothers tails lol, I don't know if it's males showing off to eachother or some kind of breeding ritual, hopefully someonne will have the answer!

 

[jpeterson]

#92###! My corys now these! My tank has turned into a brothel! Haha, awesome news though!

 

[softtouch]

i have 5 platys , 2 males and 3 females , i have noticed over the last 2 days that 1 of the males is constantly butting the others in the side and is always chasing 1 particular female around , is that a sign that he is trying to mate with her ?

 

[the_lock_man]

i have 5 platys , 2 males and 3 females , i have noticed over the last 2 days that 1 of the males is constantly butting the others in the side and is always chasing 1 particular female around , is that a sign that he is trying to mate with her ?

If you have a male and a female platy in the same tank, then that is a sign that he is trying to mate with her! Seriously, all the common livebearers breed like mad - both your males will be trying to mate with all 3 of your females. My male platy has even tried to mate with my female mollies.

 

[softtouch]

i have 5 platys , 2 males and 3 females , i have noticed over the last 2 days that 1 of the males is constantly butting the others in the side and is always chasing 1 particular female around , is that a sign that he is trying to mate with her ?

If you have a male and a female platy in the same tank, then that is a sign that he is trying to mate with her! Seriously, all the common livebearers breed like mad - both your males will be trying to mate with all 3 of your females. My male platy has even tried to mate with my female mollies.

great , thanks , am new to this.

 

[Harlequins]

i have 5 platys , 2 males and 3 females , i have noticed over the last 2 days that 1 of the males is constantly butting the others in the side and is always chasing 1 particular female around , is that a sign that he is trying to mate with her ?

If you have a male and a female platy in the same tank, then that is a sign that he is trying to mate with her! Seriously, all the common livebearers breed like mad - both your males will be trying to mate with all 3 of your females. My male platy has even tried to mate with my female mollies.

great , thanks , am new to this.

Have a read up over on the livebearers section

 

[the biffster]

sounds like your going
to have a population
expulsion

 

[softtouch]

god , yeah , lol , but i dont mind , i love them , they are beautiful ,

 

[the_lock_man]

god , yeah , lol , but i dont mind , i love them , they are beautiful ,

They are nice, the first fish I ever bought were platies. What else do you have in the tank? I ask, because I had my platies in a community tank, and although the female was definitely pregnant, and exhibited typical impending-birth behaviour, we never ever saw any fry - the other fish in the tank ate them before we had a chance to save any.

 

[softtouch]

just the 5 platies at the mo , plus 2 babies , i got a breeding box that floats around at the top , i only got them last week , and the shop sold them to me as cold water fish , so had to quickly act when another shop told me they were tropical, have been on the internet ever since learning as much as i can, i did not even know she was pregnant till i saw them swimming around , i managed to rescue the 2.

 

[the_lock_man]

just the 5 platies at the mo , plus 2 babies , i got a breeding box that floats around at the top , i only got them last week , and the shop sold them to me as cold water fish , so had to quickly act when another shop told me they were tropical, have been on the internet ever since learning as much as i can, i did not even know she was pregnant till i saw them swimming around , i managed to rescue the 2.

From what I've read on here, platies will also eat their own fry, but with a well-planted tank, with plenty of hiding places, some fry will usually avoid being eaten.

 

[softtouch]

well i have a couple of trees in there , maybe i should get a couple more , am keeping an eye out now on any signs that 1 of them may be carrying again.

 

[softtouch]

at this moment , my fiancee has just fished out another 2 babys , she gave birth last week , i do not think they are a new lot , as they are quite big for new borns , i thought there was only 2 survivors , wow , am so happy.