Young zebs breeding?

DanD · Post by **DanD** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:54 pm

I've had these four since May 2007. They were very small, less than half an inch (TL) when I got them. They had been in the same tank for over 2 years but I recently moved them to a new tank. I was having trouble finiding one of them when I noticed two of them in a cave, one way in the back and one in the front. They've been sharing the same cave for a few days now. I thought that typically this is breeding behavior but I didnt think they are old/large enough to be breeding yet. Any thoughts?

Heres a video I took when I was moving them to the new tank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy25tIngWro

I don't really know which ones from the picture are in the cave.

Also is their size normal for their age? (aprox 2.5-3 years?)

civicr · Post by **civicr** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:31 pm

deffently 1 female in there poss maybe 2more and a young looking male

females are ready to spawn from 3 onwards to take it as fact but its just a ruf figure

and males ive heard 2years onwards

all the best hope they breed for you soon

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:40 pm

I noticed that two of your fish are snubnoses. Those two are shorter than the size they suppose to be. So those two fish are older than what you think.

unungy · Post by **unungy** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:05 pm

twinspots_goby wrote:I noticed that two of your fish are snubnoses. Those two are shorter than the size they suppose to be. So those two fish are older than what you think.

I can only see one!! and it seems to be a female.
What should he do with it?

Saul