This is my 5 gal setup (can you believe I just syphoned this yesterday??) with two mystery snails somewhere in there... I also put two cups in there so he could choose where he wanted to build his bubblenest.
And here is the pair- Hattie, a blue copper HM
And Spiridion, a marble PK.
Today is his first day of being in there- I put him in about ten minutes ago.
I have one small question- I know he won't build the bubblenest immediately but he hasn't showed any interest in the cups whatsoever. When will he start to build it? I'm a bit panicky already...
Good luck! I can't wait to see what the fry will look like.
And just give Spiri some time to adjust to the tank he should be blowing a bubblenest once he's more comfortable with his surroundings and notices Hattie.
Don't worry about the bubble nest. Some won't make them until later.
When you let him see Hattie, how does he swim? Is he flirting - swimming all over the tank. Or is he holding his stand? If he's flirting, then he is ready.
He can't see her right now, but when he can, he is flaring and showing off to her, acting all tough. He does swim around and kind of wiggles his back end. Should I put her in the vase?
I'm not sure what you mean by wiggling. If he is always near the vase/Hattie and whipping his tail once in a while, he wants to kill her. But if he's swimming all over the tank, saying look I'm gorgeous and let's play, he wants to spawn.
How is Hattie acting? Sometimes males will flirt after he sees the female flirt.
Hattie's flaring a bit as well. Spiri is swimming in a squiggly pattern... not sure if he's whipping his tail or not.
I have to go, but when i get back I'll take a video.
SQUEE! I haven't squee'd in a while, lol. XD So he's already started on it!! It's really small, but it's a start. I moved the extra cup out and since there were a ton of plants on the side he's decided to build on, I moved them to the other side where he isn't building... I just figured he could see Hattie more easily. ...Should I move them back or leave them?
He's not paying 24/7 attention to her, but still.
Look very closely at the left base of the cup.
That is normal behavior, a bit of nipping and chasing is all part of the courting behavior and this get her in the mood...she likes/needs it rough...lol.....and then once she submits and moves toward him usually head down- he will become gentle and slap her with his tail and swim in an "S" as to ask her to follow him to the nest and once under the nest often he hits her again and she runs off only to return head down..... the spawning act is gentle and awesome to watch and once it is over (1-6hr)..."bam" he hits her again.....one of the most interesting spawning acts I have seen
As long as the female is not panting and torn up really bad-I would not disturb and leave her with him-but you have to have some place for her to get out of his line of sight with either more plants or a cave or something,,,he will know she in in the tank but she needs to be able to get out of his line of site too.
Try to keep your hands out of the tank and disturb them as little as possible, let him decide where things go in the tank.
I'm a huge fan of spiri, I hope the fry turn out amazing. If you end up selling or giving some away, I'll definitely be interested by the time they are old enough he's such a handsome and unique PK.
Alright, OFL, thanks. I knew there was some behaviour like that but geez.... he seems really mean. XD
And thank you, Phoxly! I will try and figure out how to ship to the states... blargh.
HMPKs, mostly! That's why I'm breeding them. I LOVE HMPK's. I am also told MAYBE a HM or two... and some PK'.s
He's paying much more attention to her, and his bubblenest is really thick. I'll get a pic in a second...
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