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11-07-2010, 01:23 AM
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My two mandarins
Is this mating or fighting? The male has been in my tank for over a month and the female is new. I have uploaded a YouTube video. There is no mistaking that the female was biting the males back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMFEfP0fnHw
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11-07-2010, 01:31 AM
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Its hard to tell from the movie but it looks like they are both males. Do both fish have the spike on the front of the fin on the back? Mating happens at night they get together but never any aggression like that.
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11-07-2010, 01:41 AM
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If their mating, its Broke Back Mountain style.
I think those are both males. When a pair mates they swim to the surface and join bellys and very gracefully glide back to the bottom.. Nothing aggressive like that.
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11-07-2010, 03:02 PM
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They like to rip competing males "spikes" right off as a show of dominance and to make them no competition in the eyes of a female.
this happens during shipping often and as a result, they can be hard to sex at the lfs.
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11-07-2010, 01:46 AM
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Pretty sure they're fighting and you'll more than likely lose one of them. Most probably two males. This is the way they attack each other. Grabbing and holding and trying to force the other into a crevice. This was just explained to me the other day by a member who had the same thing happen.
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11-08-2010, 01:54 AM
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That's FIGHTING!
The mating dance of the mandarin is gracefull and peacefull! they get thummy to thummy and rise in the water column while twisting together gently. This is just plain fighting and it's not a good sign for paring. Separate them before one kill the other. They only do the mating dance after the light are out, or with moonlight. Never ever in high light or not even under actinic. My male was like 3 times the size of the female. These are 2 males. Quote:
Last edited by daniella3d; 11-08-2010 at 01:57 AM.
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11-08-2010, 03:56 AM
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I conquer with the rest on fighting here is what it should look like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH4LWtpRU_M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tar9so2Jvfw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LTus19Ezas
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