Last night herte in Dayton we had some pretty fierce storms with heavy downpours. The fishroom in my basement was flooding a bit, and I spent a good part of the night mopping up water trying to contain it. Things seemed under control around midnight, so I started turning off all the aquarium lights so I could go to bed, I had to get up early for work today. Then I noticed in the 55 in the corner where I have 2 small tetracanthus, there was a swarm of free swimming fry around the male, kind of took me by surprise. They looked too young to breed. I did have a group of tiny tetracanthus, and gradually I found two that were acting like a pair, and over the summer started removing the others, though a couple of them were killed.
I figured the two remaining ones would breed eventually, but not this quickly. All I had time for was a one take video and one pic, had to get to bed. I'm going out tonight, so I didn't have time to snap more pics yet. It seems that the female has been banished to the other end of the aquarium. I just assume she is the female because she is smaller. Is this typical with tetracanthus? Anyone who's bred them before, please give me advice. I don't know how strong the pair bond is with this species. The female is hiding in rocks, but I don't want her to get thrashed.
Well, I've got to go, I'm late. Here is the last second vid I quickly shot last night minutes after I made the discovery. http://www.vimeo.com/6188898
my one pic (so far)
I figured the two remaining ones would breed eventually, but not this quickly. All I had time for was a one take video and one pic, had to get to bed. I'm going out tonight, so I didn't have time to snap more pics yet. It seems that the female has been banished to the other end of the aquarium. I just assume she is the female because she is smaller. Is this typical with tetracanthus? Anyone who's bred them before, please give me advice. I don't know how strong the pair bond is with this species. The female is hiding in rocks, but I don't want her to get thrashed.
Well, I've got to go, I'm late. Here is the last second vid I quickly shot last night minutes after I made the discovery. http://www.vimeo.com/6188898
my one pic (so far)