Biota Mandarin Pair Fighting

Reefen · May 23, 2023

I just got my Biota mandarin pair a couple of weeks ago, and I just notice yesterday that the male is picking on the female, does he just not want to share his pods? are something else

Glenner’sreef · May 23, 2023

Definitely a male and a female right?

Reefen · May 23, 2023

Glenner’sreef said:
Definitely a male and a female right?

as far a I can tell, what i think is the female has the rounded dorsal fin and what looks link a longer body

Glenner’sreef · May 23, 2023

Reefen said:
as far a I can tell, what i think is the female has the rounded dorsal fin and what looks link a longer body

Right and the male as the spiked dorsal.

Reefen · May 23, 2023

Glenner’sreef said:
Right and the male as the spiked dorsal.

right

Glenner’sreef · May 23, 2023

During my decades in the hobby, I’ve observed some fish of the same species having attitudes. It could be that simple?

exnisstech · May 23, 2023

Reefen · May 25, 2023

so now they are latching onto each other and wrestling, is this normal behaver between males and females, they are very small like .75 inch

OrionN · May 25, 2023

Are they having enough food? They will fight if food become a problem.

RedoubtReef · May 25, 2023

Reefen said:
so now they are latching onto each other and wrestling, is this normal behaver between males and females, they are very small like .75 inch

That's how I got my wife so it could be perfectly normal.

Reefen · May 26, 2023

OrionN said:
Are they having enough food? They will fight if food become a problem.

lots of pods in the tank, i grow my own and add every week, no luck on feeding them, they are fat and have grown

Reefen · May 27, 2023

I did put the pellets in that Biota recommends 2 times yesterday, and there was no fighting, fingers crossed that this will continue to work

Northern Flicker · May 27, 2023

Keep us updated! Also please post some pics of these two little lovebirds.

Tchung23 · May 30, 2023

I had biota mandarin pair since they were 1" in size. In the beginning they would sleep in the same spot with each other. But about 1 year into taking care of them the male killed the female. Not sure why?? Animal will be animals.

Alexraptor · May 30, 2023

I had a wild caught mandarin pair, many years ago. There was no shortage of food, either pods or from feeding frozen foods, and one day he simply just turned on her, and attacked her and pursued her relentlessly. She didn't make it, and faded away in the following weeks.

I recorded this just a week or two before the male went psycho.

Really sucked, she was my first attempt and success with this breeding, and lived healthily for a whole year in a 10G before moving to a larger home and getting a mate.

Reefen · May 30, 2023

Tchung23 said:
I had biota mandarin pair since they were 1" in size. In the beginning they would sleep in the same spot with each other. But about 1 year into taking care of them the male killed the female. Not sure why?? Animal will be animals.

mine slept in the same spot at first too, since i am feeding pellets 3 times a day i have not seen them fight

Reefen · May 30, 2023

Alexraptor said:
I had a wild caught mandarin pair, many years ago. There was no shortage of food, either pods or from feeding frozen foods, and one day he simply just turned on her, and attacked her and pursued her relentlessly. She didn't make it, and faded away in the following weeks.

I recorded this just a week or two before the male went psycho.

Really sucked, she was my first attempt and success with this breeding, and lived healthily for a whole year in a 10G before moving to a larger home and getting a mate.

you can see how fat they are