Florida flag fish

[crkinney]

Do any of you folks know any thing about the nesting of Jordanella floridae .I have a mated pare and the larger of the two has taken to gaurding one corner of the tank like a pitbull .I can see no nest I have found very little on the web about these little guys ,they are about 11/8 inches long.

[DutchFry]

Hi,

they lay their eggs in between plants and on the substrate. the male protects the eggs and the female needs to be removed from this tank, because the male might just kill her!

good luck with that!

[crkinney]

Is the male the larger of the two ? The large one is guarding the nest and today they are rubbing together over the nest site.

[sidguppy]

the differences are fairly obvious

male:
larger
red striped/pointed
black spot is often lacking
high humpback
large dorsal fin

female:
smaller
green cameo pattern
black spot is clearly visible, second eye spot in the back of the dorsal
no humback
smaller dorsal fin


female on top
male in foreground


male above
female below

[crkinney]

Thank you for the imfo.