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- From: patton@phy.uab.edu (David Patton)
- Subject: Unexplained behavior in convicts
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:00:04 GMT
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- I have a 55 gallon tank full of two generations of convicts.
- All are of relatively the same size. I have one male
- which was kept in another tank for a period. It is substantially
- bigger than the other siblings (two or three times). This male
- obviously dominates the tank and could possible have some of the
- smaller fish for lunch.
- When the fry were kept with the parents one of their parental
- actions was to dig excitedly into the gravel with the young at
- their tails. This behavior swirled up many small particles into
- the tank so that the young could feed.
- I am now noticing the same behavior from the large male in the
- 55 gal. tank. I thought this was intriguing and would like to
- hear any comments on it. The younger fish also seem to follow
- the large male around the tank(or maybe I am imagining this).
- Anyway, the male does sometimes run off some of the larger
- siblings (male ones) as if he is protecting the smaller ones
- and not just asserting his dominance.
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- David Clay Patton patton@phy.uab.edu
- Physics Department
- University of Alabama at Birmingham So much to learn,
- Birmingham, Al 35294 so little time!!!
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