Ropefish - spawning behavior?

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magpie

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Last night I caught a couple of videos of what looks very much like spawning behavior.

The problem is that my two males were the ones doing it. The female was hanging out by herself. ;)

Even if it were a male/female combo there is no way that fry would survive in my community. Just posting to see if anyone can confirm it, and just to show others as I find this kind of thing fascinating and thought you guys would, too.




This is the "other end" of pt. 1, so they are mirroring each others' behavior.
Watch for a Palmas Polli photobomb about 1:30ish into this one. :)

 
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Thanks! OK so they're just really gentle in their dominance behavior. I'll have to edit the video title/description. Nothing like cichlids.... ;)

Ropefish:
"Hey, Noodle1. I am more badass than you." *smiley nudge*
"No way, Noodle2, i can clearly see that my anal fin is larger than yours." *smiley nudge*


Cichlids:
"I AM MORE MANLY AND I WILL HARASS, SHRED, AND KILL YOU TO DEMONSTRATE THIS!!!"
 
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magpie said:
Thanks! OK so they're just really gentle in their dominance behavior. I'll have to edit the video title/description. Nothing like cichlids.... ;)

Ropefish:
"Hey, Noodle1. I am more badass than you." *smiley nudge*
"No way, Noodle2, i can clearly see that my anal fin is larger than yours." *smiley nudge*


Cichlids:
"I AM MORE MANLY AND I WILL HARASS, SHRED, AND KILL YOU TO DEMONSTRATE THIS!!!"
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Thats a good way of putting it. ☺
 
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magpie said:
Last night I caught a couple of videos of what looks very much like spawning behavior.

The problem is that my two males were the ones doing it. The female was hanging out by herself. ;)

Even if it were a male/female combo there is no way that fry would survive in my community. Just posting to see if anyone can confirm it, and just to show others as I find this kind of thing fascinating and thought you guys would, too.




This is the "other end" of pt. 1, so they are mirroring each others' behavior.
Watch for a Palmas Polli photobomb about 1:30ish into this one. :)

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Cool! Looks like aggressive fish porn

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Polyaddict86 said:
They not mating at all, they trying to figure out who is more dominant.
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oh. whoops. They play pretty rough then. Hopefully their mating isn't like that. :p


tlindsey said:
They trying to establish who's the boss.
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no wonder people view ornates as aggressive! They are still cute though :p
 
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