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benjamin
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Well, my fuzhongs have been breeding over the past few days. My male seems to be gradually honing his courting technique, when I first saw him tail faning he was just fanning off into the water with no apparent purpose. Now he pursues the female still without much success, but each day his attempts seem slightly less futile then the last. It seems as though Fuzhongs take a slightly different approach to courting than cynops. My male Fuzhong slowly approaches the female from the side tail fanning as he walks and once she tries to swim away he slips in front of her, while my cynops orientalis always sniffs the cloaca before swimming in front of the female and tail fanning. My male Fuzhong also seems as though he makes judgements on how effective a courting attempt will be before he starts. For example, if he is in a densely planted region of the tank he will at first approach the female but swim away as he notices all the obstacles he would have to manuver in order to court her, in a more open part of the tank he will immediately start to court her. He also seems to wait in ambush in the more open part of the tank for her to pass through. Has anyone else notice behaviors like this? Here are some photos of them, I intend to follow these ones up with better ones when my camera recharges:
Here's the male
Here he is tail fanning the wrong end of the female!
Here he is approaching the female. tail fanning as he goes.
And here's one of his more successful attempts.
Here's the male
Here he is tail fanning the wrong end of the female!
Here he is approaching the female. tail fanning as he goes.
And here's one of his more successful attempts.
thank you!