Shy Monocs... Normal?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
B

Bassrutten

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
Oct 22, 2011
171
0
0
Australia, Perth
G'day

I am currently keeping 2 Peacock Bass (20cm) in my 180g, along with a Motoro Stingray.
003.JPG
Things are going fairly great, for a couple of weeks the male was showing a lot of dominance towards the other bass (female?) and seemed to be the leader. Now it seems they have decided to switch roles a bit, with the non humped bass coming front and center a lot more, and eating the majority of the food. Where as before it was the reverse, the humped bass seemed to be the leader and eat the majority of the food.

They do take swims around the whole take occasionally, but for the most part they chill near the bottom / corner where my fx5 intake is. Just interested if this is normal behavior for bass of their size (around 20cm). They sometimes have displays of dominance towards each other, like one is trying to show the other who is boss, but they seem like mates.

I do a 25% water change mid week, and another 25% at the end of the week. Filtration consists of 2 Eheim 2217's and a Fluval FX5. Their diet consists of Hikari Jumbo Carnisticks along with the Massivore Pellets, I also feed them frozen Bloodworm cubes.

009.JPG
This is the whole tank setup, besides this display piece it's bare. The 2 bass and the ray. The bottom pic is current, put that new display wood in 3 days ago.

Thanks

003.JPG

009.JPG
 
Nice setup, and give them some time to get use to there surroundings.
 
Bit of an update. The bass has been coming front and center loads now! not to mention his hump is exploding in growth.

He also has been puffing his gills out at the other bass so often! in my head I picture it like the other one is definitely a female.. and it has something to do with that. I sure don't actually know though.
[video=youtube;f2vmo11aQiE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2vmo11aQiE[/video]

Cheers, James
 
That is a m and f pair. The male has the big hump. Have you thought about upping your wc's to 40% each time to try and increase spawning behavior?
 
Thanks for the replies friends.

My current routine has been do a 25% change mid week, and lately I have been doing a bigger 35-40% change at the end of the week. Do you suggest 2x 40% changes? I like the sound of increasing their spawning behavior.

I have also been adding salt at 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons, I have only been doing this once every fortnight. The fish have definitely been coming to life lately, it's great to watch.

Cheers
 
All is going better than well now. Both fish constantly out having fun. did a 40% water change today, they enjoyed that.
[video=youtube;8EFJAewRYoU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFJAewRYoU[/video]
 
He looks like he is showing off to her constantly. Congrats! If I were you I would put a big flat rock in the tank. I assume they could place the eggs on the glass but I have heard the rock works better. She doesnt look like she is full of eggs yet but you never know. This is all assuming that its a pair haha.
 
Thanks for the advice Mike

I was thinking earlier if the flat of that wood could work if things end up happening?. I have also heard people suggesting big flat rocks, sounds good.

When are bass sexually mature? the male bass is only around 10 inches currently. I would love for them to breed when the time is right though. So any more suggestions and advice to help that would be great.

Cheers mates
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom