Out of line breeding behaviour

[Burbotman]

This I just have to share......

Every month or two my big delhezi undergoes some vary peculiar behaviour with one of his tankmates.

For 3 to 4 days the delhezi will follow around my pike swimming to the side and just below the pike. The delhezi will sniff/caress the pikes gill covers with his barbels and just not leave the pike alone. This will go on for a couple of hours/ then cease for a few and then start up again.

The first time I saw this I thought the pike might have gill flukes that the delhezi was going for, since then I have begun to believe that this may be a mis-guided breeding behaviour issue.

The pic really does not do it justice.. LOL

 

[Infblue]

LOL....you should get a large female del

 

[beblondie]

I had a del he tried mking huma huma with anything lol my female polli my male polli he didn't care he was just frisky-Anne

for clarifacation those are not barbels them is nostrils maybe the other fish smells good lol

 

[mcblack]

really strange behaviour, thinking about it, what hybrid would they produce lol

 

[beblondie]

Well it sure would be different looking lol

 

[cmersits]

 

[weicong]

hahaha wat the hell. Del and pike? I can only imagine. haha

 

[Honda12]

Thats a pretty odd combo, by the way it looks like your pike needs to join weight watchers. Although a few of my fish could use it too.

 

[twk1]

Awwww... how sweet... that is what you call Spring Love is in the Air!

 

[rasdbo]

they make a cute couple and i would love to have one of the babys if it ever happened!