Its been 5 nights that my Regal tangs have been putting on a 3 hour courtship dance every night. Last night was the climax of an actual spawn in the tank. I was able to capture this rare event on video for every one to see. I am going to keep track of how often the are courting and spawning and after a few spawns I will start to try to gather the eggs and go to the steps of trying to raise them. I thought I would let you see how this all went down.
The other thing that was strange is that before 4/12 the tangs slept in alone and different places and now they both have move to a new place and sleep very close together. I will watch to see if now they go back to sleeping alone or stay together for the future.
Little background.
Male: Name: Thunder is a yellow belly hippo tang about 7 inches long and about 2 1/2 years old. I have had him since he was 1 1/2 inches
Female Name Lightning is a blue hippo tang about 6 inches long and have had her for about 8 months and got her when she was about 4 inches from a friend.
Leading up the spawning in the tank.
[video=youtube;7ZVaxQ5Sx8o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVaxQ5Sx8o[/video]
Actual spawning video.
[video=youtube;Lxf0ETpEpXQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxf0ETpEpXQ[/video]
NWAOcean is my youtube video where there are others of the courting going on.
The other thing that was strange is that before 4/12 the tangs slept in alone and different places and now they both have move to a new place and sleep very close together. I will watch to see if now they go back to sleeping alone or stay together for the future.
Little background.
Male: Name: Thunder is a yellow belly hippo tang about 7 inches long and about 2 1/2 years old. I have had him since he was 1 1/2 inches
Female Name Lightning is a blue hippo tang about 6 inches long and have had her for about 8 months and got her when she was about 4 inches from a friend.
Leading up the spawning in the tank.
[video=youtube;7ZVaxQ5Sx8o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVaxQ5Sx8o[/video]
Actual spawning video.
[video=youtube;Lxf0ETpEpXQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxf0ETpEpXQ[/video]
NWAOcean is my youtube video where there are others of the courting going on.
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