Myrt
07-01-2003, 7:20 PM
Answer:
The female Emperor (Nematobrycon palmeri) lost her stripes because it was spawning-time, and she (with her three like-minded sisters) had been in the tank with Mr. Lonesone for about 48 hours. The change in coloration was so dramatic that I thought she was critically stressed from all that chase-and-intrigue in the plastic plants, but suddenly it all ended as quickly as it had begun, and she was back in the quartet of females, dark-stripe-sided as usual, with the male continuing to patrol and investigate the spawning-site. This pattern was repeated several times, but I can't be certain whether it was the same female fading and spawning and re-coloring each time, or whether each of the females took a turn at spawning. Has anyone else witnessed this breeding coloration in female Emperors?
The female Emperor (Nematobrycon palmeri) lost her stripes because it was spawning-time, and she (with her three like-minded sisters) had been in the tank with Mr. Lonesone for about 48 hours. The change in coloration was so dramatic that I thought she was critically stressed from all that chase-and-intrigue in the plastic plants, but suddenly it all ended as quickly as it had begun, and she was back in the quartet of females, dark-stripe-sided as usual, with the male continuing to patrol and investigate the spawning-site. This pattern was repeated several times, but I can't be certain whether it was the same female fading and spawning and re-coloring each time, or whether each of the females took a turn at spawning. Has anyone else witnessed this breeding coloration in female Emperors?