The little man's proud wounds

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I've seen them "dance" if you will. Sometimes a couple minutes, sometimes hours. The male will chase around the female thumping the back of the females disk, biting, tugging on her. She tries to poke and jab him with her tail but since they can't roll it over he doesn't get stung, but rather rubbed raw with the spikes you see down the sides of thier tails.

Here's my bigger males raw cheeks. There's movement in one of the ladies he's in with, so at least he know's what he's doing. Have watched the same "dancing" go on with the big rays. Same wounds, females just tore up around the disk perimeter and both fins underneath just tattered, males with the same abrasions.

Have any of you guys that breed rays seen similar things? Will the female refuse breeding if she is indeed preggo and that's why the male gets this bad?

I think if I was him I'd just pic another female, especially with that bunch to pick from :ROFL:

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fair enough . the last pic and markings either side of the head seem to tie in well lol

hope he did the job then :)
 
Been searching for some video of it but can't seem to find it. :(
 
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lincolngoh;5111815; said:
Sweet Ray S&M. The sizes seem awfully small though
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They are small. :) They're midget Marbles. :ROFL:

The male was about 7 in maybe 8 when I recieved him over 2 years ago. Was mature when he arrived. He's around 9 inches now might be 10. The female he's after's been in captivity for close to 5 years I bet and I think she was brought in at a decent size. They've been doing this for several months now, so it's very possible the male doesn't know what he's doing yet. He hasn't been a father yet.

There's a female in the same tank that just gave birth to a healthy little male pup. She's only 8.5" across.
 
I love how he attempts to drag her around! He gets so worked up lol.
I also love how her stinger is right in his face most of the time. Is it making contact with him?

Great video! Thanks for sharing!
 
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