Today In The Fishroom~4/29/11 F0 P.managuense "Honduras"

[Aquamojo]

The pair are beginning to breed in their new tank.

The male

The female...a little ticked at the intrusion.

A lot of posturing and lip locking

They selected a nice flat stone for breeding...field stone from our farm...nice stuff.

Flashing the female...or maybe that was dodging a side strike.

Him chasing her...

Her chasing him...

And so it goes...

 

[mscichlid]

nice!

Is field stone inert? I'm thinking of using some for hardscape. Light colored rocks annoy me.

 

[Aquamojo]

nice!

Is field stone inert? I'm thinking of using some for hardscape. Light colored rocks annoy me.

Yup. It's slate. Works great. If you want a nice couple pieces...let me know and I will bring some with me in July.

 

[Aquamojo]

Two more. The pair had a regular breeding spot in the old tank. The larger tank affords them a few different choices. The female seems to prefer the old standby piece of bowl shaped slate. The male seems to be very interested in leading her back to the large strawberry pot....something that was too large for the last tank. If you look at the pictures above you will notice that the male organ is down and ready for action. The female is not there yet.....but hell....haven't most of US males been there as well? LOL

 

[Prince]

Where do you buy those threaded suction cups you use for that PVC hose catch for the python fill system?

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

AWESOME SHOTS OF SOME AWESOME FISH MO ! THANKS!

 

[mscichlid]

That would be cool MO!

BTW, I appreciate you posting here. It's good that you don't hit and run.

Whoa! :smashfreakB: I just glanced up to see that you are GREEN! :jumpy:

How did I miss that! Thank you again! :sign0191:

 

[Aquamojo]

Thanks man.

As you can see the male is ready for action. This is a good shot of what the male organ looks like from the side. It comes to an obvious point and is pointed forward. A female will look like a soda straw pointed backward.

The female is not ready...no visible sign other than a slight thickness in that area. What I think is going on is that they can't comes to terms with WHERE they want to breed. The male keeps selling the large pot..darting in and scraping the inside while the female watches.

He is also scraping along the sides and top of the pot...all while the female watches.

The female literally ignores this and swims over top of the slate...puffing up her operculum and scraping the bottom and cleaning the slate.

The male...dejected...will lay along side waiting for the female to return for a repeat performance.

Back and forth...each trying to lay the ground rules for the next breeding site.

Two shots of the male:

Two of my favorite shots thus far....the male making a quick turn. I actually caught this pose four or five times These are the best of the bunch.

 

[minifoot77]

sweet mo

 

[guarddog5]

Awesome pictures and great looking fishes...

 

[Tony]

Excellent shots Mo. I love your series posts like this.

It's sort of like keeping the meanies viacriously though you.

Thanks for posting them.