Interesting Behavior

[sountfc]

I have four buccochromis rhoadesii, one male and three females. The male is about 12-13" and the females are about 9-10". What I've noticed is that unlike most malawis where the male would badger every single female until one acquiesced and mated, the buccochromis females are extremely aggressive towards each other. It's wild to watch. It's almost as if they're fighting it out to determine who gets the privilege to mate, and the male pretty much stays out of it and waits to see who emerges victorious. We had to remove one of the females and put her in a different tank because she was getting pretty beaten up by the other two, and the remaining two really go at it. It's almost relentless, and interestingly enough it's even worse after feeding time.

I've never seen this behavior before in Malawis. On the contrary, I've always observed that females are very passive towards each other and the male's aggression is dispersed among them. This is totally different.

I just thought it was interesting.

[mistahoo]

Got a video of it?

[TexSun]

Re: Interesting Behavior

Got a video of it?

+1.

[nightster]

Maybe hes the flavor flave of the fish world and his b*tches be fightin over him lol.

[mistahoo]

Maybe hes the flavor flave of the fish world and his b*tches be fightin over him lol.

[sountfc]

You should see him swimming around with that big clock around his neck!

No video at the moment, but I can probably rectify that easily enough.

Maybe hes the flavor flave of the fish world and his b*tches be fightin over him lol.

[ScorpiosWife]

Maybe hes the flavor flave of the fish world and his b*tches be fightin over him lol.

ROTFLMMFAO! Flavor Flav!!! " Yeah boyeee!"

[moganman]

That bucco is alot better looking than flava flav. He should be a mascot for Shakespeare.

[sountfc]

On another note, one of the females got pregnant again. Chased her all over the damn tank, couldn't catch her! The lesson there is that I need a MUCH bigger net for a nearly foot long fish. She spit the fry and I managed to save five of them. Will catch her much earlier in the process next time and try out the egg tumbler I bought. But after waiting two years, I finally have fry!

[beto]

congratulations! i miss my peacocks and haps.

[sountfc]

Thanks! I still have a couple of the haps I got from you, and some sunshines as well.