sinogastromyzon puliensis - spawning behaviour

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ch.koenig
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sinogastromyzon puliensis - spawning behaviour

Post by ch.koenig » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:20 pm

hi all
yersterday evening when I was relaxing, the g.flavatra/s.puliensis-tank in sight, there was a movement in the shade of some boulders. a fight of puliensis I thought at first. new to me, but too late to get the camera, bad light conditions anyway. flavatras seemed to be interested too, other puliensis coming very close, a thing I had never seen before during a fight, one of the two chasing the curious ones away, even the big flavatras.
time for some pictures

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and then this: no fight but a female and a male in close contact for minutes

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just laying side by side
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and the tail of the male underneath the females body?

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this was going on for about 10 minutes, other males passing by. not really a spawning but it could work that way?

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female and male

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bad light conditions and not close enough
anyway. have a look at the pictures and tell me if I'm, wrong
cheers charles

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Post by Mad Duff » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:12 pm

Great pics Charles, fingers crossed that it is a prelude to spawning :D
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Post by wasserscheu » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:58 pm

no idea Charles, but very exciting to read. Good luck, hope it works soon. I've seen some around here too (first time) and was very tempted - but remained strong and did not buy (my q-tank is busy too ). But still very tempting.
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Post by Jim Powers » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:16 pm

That's very interesting!! Lets hope they are spawning!! :D
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Post by CatsandFish » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:04 pm

Beautiful pics Charles :D
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