I have a male mandarin that has been with me for quite a while. Now that my sixline is gone, I decided to get him another girlfriend.
The fish was labeled female, and I took the LFS's word for it (she's been pretty accurate on this stuff in the past).
The two of them don't go near each other all day, and then close to lights out, the male comes over to where the other one hangs out, and starts swimming kind of fast - not AT the other fish, just near him. I haven't seen it attack it yet, but there is a nip on one of the front fins.
The male's fast swimming would make me think the new one is not a female after all, but I don't know.
The darn fish won't put it's dorsal fin up so I can cross reference it to Cindy's drawings!
This has been going on for about 3 weeks so far. If the smaller one were definitely a male, I would have thought the larger male would have killed him by now.
Thoughts/ideas?
I am toying with the idea of putting the established male in the sump for a while to give the other one some more time in the display. Just can't get him in the trap! Not sure how I am going to catch that little bugger.
The fish was labeled female, and I took the LFS's word for it (she's been pretty accurate on this stuff in the past).
The two of them don't go near each other all day, and then close to lights out, the male comes over to where the other one hangs out, and starts swimming kind of fast - not AT the other fish, just near him. I haven't seen it attack it yet, but there is a nip on one of the front fins.
The male's fast swimming would make me think the new one is not a female after all, but I don't know.
The darn fish won't put it's dorsal fin up so I can cross reference it to Cindy's drawings!
This has been going on for about 3 weeks so far. If the smaller one were definitely a male, I would have thought the larger male would have killed him by now.
Thoughts/ideas?
I am toying with the idea of putting the established male in the sump for a while to give the other one some more time in the display. Just can't get him in the trap! Not sure how I am going to catch that little bugger.