Mating dance of the mandrin goby

Mrfresh

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Mar 6, 2013
Messages
1,084
Reaction score
6
Location
Sd Cali
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I bought these two goby's atleast 6 months ago. They were not a mated pair, I just saw one was a male and the other female and picked them.Every now and then I would see them swim together in my 90 gallon tank.Tonight tho... I saw both of them swimming side by side. They would dart up to the top of the water and flow back down the tank together.Every now and then they would swim in a circling each other as they went to the water top.*I do have a lot of fire shrimp and cleaner shrimp in the tank that I want to say spawn every two weeks of so. I see all the baby's in my fug...*The male looks a little skinnier then normal.The female has a huge pot belly! I think more then what u can get from over eatting.I hope she does have baby's.Here are pics. Sorry for the bad quality
20130613_214431_zpsc885d41a.jpg
20130613_214433_zpsbb908d3b.jpg
You can really see her pot belly here
20130613_214434_zps96115f59.jpg
20130613_214501_zps90290c6b.jpg
The dance upward to the sky
20130613_214523_zps817c3ac9.jpg
Skinny male in the right topFat female on the left bottom
20130613_2145250_zps8f5e4ff9.jpg
20130613_214525_zps0e28b82c.jpg
20130613_214527_zps940375f2.jpg
 
Thanks I've always had good luck with this.
I have 2 six line wrasses in my tank that always swim side by side
(They were bought at different stores several months apart. )
I have like 6 cleaner shrimp in the tank that always breed
Also with my fire shrimp.
 
I bought these two goby's atleast 6 months ago. They were not a mated pair, I just saw one was a male and the other female and picked them.Every now and then I would see them swim together in my 90 gallon tank.Tonight tho... I saw both of them swimming side by side. They would dart up to the top of the water and flow back down the tank together.Every now and then they would swim in a circling each other as they went to the water top.*I do have a lot of fire shrimp and cleaner shrimp in the tank that I want to say spawn every two weeks of so. I see all the baby's in my fug...*The male looks a little skinnier then normal.The female has a huge pot belly! I think more then what u can get from over eatting.I hope she does have baby's.Here are pics. Sorry for the bad quality
20130613_214431_zpsc885d41a.jpg
20130613_214433_zpsbb908d3b.jpg
You can really see her pot belly here
20130613_214434_zps96115f59.jpg
20130613_214501_zps90290c6b.jpg
The dance upward to the sky
20130613_214523_zps817c3ac9.jpg
Skinny male in the right topFat female on the left bottom
20130613_2145250_zps8f5e4ff9.jpg
20130613_214525_zps0e28b82c.jpg
20130613_214527_zps940375f2.jpg


how did it turn out mine have been doing the mating dance for a couple weeks now the female looks like she ate three marbles she looks 12 month prego....any info would be great?
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
Back
Top