Flowerhorn Nest Logistics

[robertprice]

My male Kamfa Flowerhorn finally had enough of his erstwhile wife last week. After 2 months of dancing and building three nests, he finally lost it and beat her up and vanquished her to behind the Big Rock. So, I had to take her out. A found a new female about the same size and color (a Gold Fader) and after feeling each other out for about 1/2 an hour, they seem to have settled in. Over the past few years, I've noticed what seems to be a consistent behavior by receptive females. When cornered or stared down by a big male, they swim diagonally past his body to the top very quickly, as opposed to non-receptive females and other males who just flee as fast as they can.

It's not easy pairing them up. A foot long, 7 inch high , 1.5 lb. male with a 3.5 inch hump is very intimidating to an adult 6 inch female.