courting behaviour

[mogsie]

can anybody tell me if fish follow any certain courting behaviour, as one of my 4" sarasa's is swimming around the pond and the other sarasa will not leave its side, it is persuing it everywhere and rubbing its body up against the other sarasa's side, just wondering if this is the start of something ?

 

[addy1]

sounds like spawning mogsie, i have read on the forum and other places they rub the female to make it lay the eggs.

 

[fishin4cars]

That's the spawning ritual. That can go on for hours. Good luck, you may be spotting new additions to your pond in the coming weeks and months.

 

[mogsie]

yes i know f4c they are still at it, (my wife is complaining at me!!! lol) i thaught the female fish was just playing hard to get, oh well atleast i now know the sex of 2 of my fish, thanks for the info, and i will have to keep a carefull watch

 

[stroppy]

have you got some floating plants or something in there for her to spawn on ? .. i hate spawning looks like gang rape to me :lol: wish there was a pill for fish :0)

 

[addy1]

lmao stroppy, a fish birth control pill love it!

 

[mogsie]

yeah there is loads of duck weed, andthe iris roots that have grew out of the pots into the water, hope that should be ok

 

[addy1]

I have some iris in pots, some just planted in rocks, by winter the rock planted ones will be in pots, to protect from our freezing.

 

[j.w]

Usually a few at least manage somehow to survive those cannibal's :lol:

 

[mogsie]

gona have a think about creating some hiding places that the big fish canot reach into, just to givethem somewhere to hide,

 

[mogsie]

just a thaught, will my fish not be too young to breed ? i only purchased them a month ago and they are only 4-5 inch long ?

 

[addy1]

4-5 inches is a year maybe two in fish life, so yeah probably old enough to have kids

 

[taherrmann4]

gona have a think about creating some hiding places that the big fish canot reach into, just to givethem somewhere to hide,

Mogsie I put in an old strawberry pot in my pond several years ago and the small fish like it, the big Koi can't get in there very well and there are several holes to escape. http://www.wmpot.co.uk/garden_pots/strawberry_pot.htm

 

[addy1]

neat idea!

 

[sissy]

oh geeze gang rape who you been hanging around with lately stroppy:lol::lol: