Attitude

[Darbex]

I have a Blueberry that has been acting strange lately. He is a mature male probably about 4-5" and he constantly chases a couple of the other fish around primarily my Socolofi and another. My question is would he chase a female around the tank and then begin to shake when he is next to one. I ask this because the other fish that he chases around is what I think is a female Johannii. I have noticed that he does the above mentioned actions only to the Johannii, so is this a sign that he wants to mate?

Thanks

[semper]

Re: Attitude

he is trying to mate,

the orgasmic shake is part of the mating ritual

[Darbex]

Re: Attitude

So I probably would be correct in assuming that the unknown fish is probably a female.

[Fire_chair]

Re: Attitude

Could be a show of dominance too, I've had females do it to each other.

[Hanson77]

Re: Attitude

Catch him/her and check the sizes if it's vents.  I have a female Sunshine peacock that is meaner than some of my males.  It takes a REALLY dominant male to breed with her.  But I have 30 quarter of an inch babies right now if anybody wants them....LOL!!!!

[PhishPhreek]

Re: Attitude

Yes in Bettas the shimmy / Flare takes two forms
The male will dash up and extend his fins to their max in an attempt to chase the other betta away. (flex their mussels)
Other males will extend their fins and flare in a challange or retreat.
Females will take a slight head down position and shimmy or retreat.
If the other male or unwanted female doesn't retreat then he starts takeing chunks out of them.
However if He likes the female, he will flare / shimmy again and run back to his nest, inviting her to join him.