dovii spawning

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A vid will help, is there nesting behavior going on? cleaning and sweeping a rock, lip locking? female chasing down the male when he leaves the nesting area? large body swishing back and forth, gills extended but not flared.
 
pops said:
A vid will help, is there nesting behavior going on? cleaning and sweeping a rock, lip locking? female chasing down the male when he leaves the nesting area? large body swishing back and forth, gills extended but not flared.
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Thanks for the reply and I'll post a video next time I see it happen. But yes the male swims close to the female and shakes his head and chases all other fish away. The male is approximately 5 inches and recently started getting vivid blue fins. The suspected female is actually a jag but is only around 3 inches jag do sent really respond to the displays of the dovii, I'm suspecting she may be too young for sexual maturity. The dovii was aggressive for the longest then out of nowhere began to tolerate the jag.
 
my female jag spawned first time at about 6" and 8 months, her mate was perhaps 5" and about 6 months old, both WC.
 
age is time from catch, no ideal how old they where before then.
 
yes it can be, but not an absolute sign.
 
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