My dragonets (males) sleep together - is it normal?

[Natalya]

Hi,
I've got Ocellated dragonet (brown) for 1 year (male !) ( video with him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRbONNycA4w) .

Recently I've bought another dragonet (red).
I reckoned new dragonet was another gender but I was wrong.
Now I'm owner 2 male-dragonets .

http://reefcentral.ru/forum/uploads/...1373997143.jpg

I'm going to refuse my red dragonet in shop.
But now one thing seems very interesting.
Older brown dragon stamps to red dragon from time to time and meantime his 'crown' is opening.
It was in the beginning, it was quite normal (I think so!).

But now (after some days) he does it very seldom.
And Red dragonet started going to bed very close to Older Brown Dragon! In the evening, When Old Brown Dragon was already lying in sand bed, Red Dragonet jumped to him and was lying close to him all night.

Each morning they wake up together!

Is it normal for dragonets?
Is it normal for male dragonets? Or only for red gragonets?

Could you help me to unravel this mystery?

 

[matt.fhm]

I've never had anything like that with dragonets lol

 

[peasofme]

males usually kill eachother. it is likely they have a father son relationship. this happened with my turtles.

 

[Natalya]

Frankly, I can imagine this about animals... even turtles! But fish...!This is kind of magic!
Peasofme, thank you, your example is very interesting!

By the way, this is the second Red Dragon, which I'm trying to define as a neighbour to the brown dragonet. I've just found out that I have already got male-dragon.
And I've just understood that ... ahem!.. that I am trying to create a couple of two males-dragonet (oh, Dear lord...!!!!).

The first dragon behaved the same way - he was trying to sleep with brown. And that situation ended very sadly (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21846035&postcount=4).
I hope that now I will return back the second Red Dragonet to the shop until too late.
But I couldn't catch him so far! Maybe he is quite happy?!

 

[peasofme]

history repeats. you need a same size female. maybe the same color

 

[Natalya]

I couldn't catch my small dragonet for returning back so far.
But I caught them in sand bed...
Their heads are surrounded in the picture!
Sorry for quality, but it was darkish.
On the left is Small dragonet, on the right is big dragonet.
In that night they were sleeping 'head to tail', not 'head to head'.

 

[Natalya]

Once more photo with my dragons.
It's early morning. Dragons have just woken up. Old dragon is gloomily watching for me. Young Dragon (on the right) was frightened by me and my iPhone and he has just scurried out from cosy bed.... Only small hole in the sand is left!
What is interesting! They've slept under different rocks at last evening, but they have woke up together again!
Young dragon feels so good and he is so fast...
Unfortunatelly I can't catch him so far!
But Old Dragon is not agressive to him so far, too...

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

This is so cute and funny! It must be fun watching them.

 

[Natalya]

Thank you, Morgan
Yes, they are one of my favourite sea creatures! I even write little stories about it

 

[mussel and hate]

Clearly these dragonets are gay and proud.

 

[Natalya]

I prefer to think they are barely friendly to each other . Or I think like Peasofme: this is model "father-son" (so far).
At least, they doesn't dance together

 

[dixiedog]

Your fish are so gay they sneeze glitter! :love2:

 

[Natalya]

They decorate themselves is for Fish Show....:dance:

 

[Natalya]

My dragonets are divorced now
Old dragonet was insulted by opinion about his sexual orientation and he moved to another place under other stone.
Already 1 week they have been sleeping separately.
Youngest spend his evening time in long reflections: if he should join to Oldest Dragonet or no?
Approximately, as below (head of Oldest Dragon is in a circle):

And when he see that I dare take a photo like a soulless 'paparazzi' with this sad scene, he look at me reproachfully.
Approximately, as below (head of Oldest Dragon is in a circle, too):

 

[Natalya]

Dragonets' adventures are continue!
I've bought 2 small girls-dragonets for my boys 3 weeks ago!
Boys-dragonets live very peacefull so far!
But girls...
Please, see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ejkiSkuWA

But frankly, it was single fight only!
Usually, they jump in the different end of my tank... And I hope that this fight is normal only for very young dragonets... and definetely not for female-dragonets!
PS I regret about quality of you-tube video converter. Quality of original file is certainly better than it , but I don't know way to put it in the internet .