|
|
Post by murdock6701 on Feb 14, 2010 21:10:14 GMT -5
I have 2 yellow labs which I assume are males in the same tank (20 gallons) they have never been a problem to each other for over a year - my daughter bought one for me, supposedly a female a long time ago - when I isolated my other yellow lab because of aggression, the 2 in the one tank never had a problem and what's happening may not be a problem at all - tonight I observed a circular close knit chasing between the 2 of them - the even changed direction - there appeared to be no intent on harming each other, just head to tail chasing - one of them actually cleared a cave down to the glass - could it be a courting behavior I observed? could I possibly be lucky enough to actually have a mating pair? finally? any input would be appreciated - they are about 2 years old I would say - one has 2 egg spots, the other has one.....they are 4" long - thanks - M
|
|
|
|
Post by Carl on Feb 15, 2010 10:44:46 GMT -5
This certainly seems like courting behavior to me, with both the non aggressive chasing and cave building.
I have had Yellow Labs breed in many client tanks over the years without any special input from me (or my client), they are one of the more easy Cichlids to breed IMO, so hopefully this is what you are observing.
Carl
|
|
|
|
Post by murdock6701 on Feb 15, 2010 12:17:13 GMT -5
one small problem - the platys in that tank seem to hank out in the "cave" he dug out - there are multiple caves......
|
|
|
|
Post by Carl on Feb 15, 2010 16:24:40 GMT -5
one small problem - the platys in that tank seem to hank out in the "cave" he dug out - there are multiple caves...... How is the male Yellow Lab acting towards the Platties? Any chance of moving the Platties? Carl |
|
|
|
Post by murdock6701 on Feb 15, 2010 20:02:01 GMT -5
I really don't know what's going on - the coloration is almost identicle w/ both fish although one is a tad smaller, not ny mich, the larger being the male for sure - hes doing the "shivers" and really bringing out a tourquise color on his tail and the back end of his dorsal fin - as far a moving the platys......ther's also 3 giant danios and 3 zebra danios in that tank that stay "high water" - I'm down to 2 tanks and both are where they should be in fish numbers - I'm only maintaing 2 tanks as I had to scale way back because of $, or the lack of......actually, I'm hoping they DON'T mate, even if they're different sexually
|
|
|
|
Post by Carl on Feb 15, 2010 20:33:06 GMT -5
Since you do NOT want them to mate, I would not worry too much with the Platties unless they get attacked.
My concern was with an opportunistic Platy getting a "snack" if the Labs use this area to raise the fry (once out).
It also may be that you have two males and one is simply dominant & "ready" while the other is.
Carl
|
|
