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When i feed my fish in the morning around about 9am, my lemons start to chase after 1 or 2 different lemons. i guess they are chasing the females.

They only do it in the morning.

Does this mean anything?

If your tank receives sunshine in the morning, this is a definite spawning stimulus for Lemons. If they start chasing wildly, at what appears to be breakneck speed, followed by pauses for the males to show off to each other and engage in a spot of jousting, then expect the patter of tiny fins. Eventually, a male will approach a female with a head down attitude (contrasting with the head up attitude of two males facing off) and beckon her into fine leaved plants. Sometimes, two males may spawn with the same female. When spawning occurs, the participants part explosively once the eggs are expelled, then start trying to gobble several of them up!

I wrote a BIG Lemon Tetra article some time ago. Hunt it down in this forum!

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Thanks Cal.

i think the tank does recieve sun in the morning(part of the tank anyway)

Ive only noticed it recently because i go at school so i dont see them do this often.

Hopefully i might see a spawning soon then.


(i remmeber reading your BIG lemon tetra post. i will track it down and have another read through it)