Pre- spawning behavior?

[sesheru95]

Hello all!

So I've had my pair of Occy clownfish for a couple of months now in their Gig (currently recovering) and I've started to notice some interesting behavior in the last few days. The male Wyoming white clown would just shake vigorously when the female Midnight clown would get close to him in the Gig, then he'd proceed to go under the Gig and start pecking away at the rock (possibly cleaning?). When the female would get close to him when he was pecking the rock he'd shake again. I know that occasionally he'll just do that to show his submission but every time the female gets near him while/ after he's done pecking the rock he'd shake. I've included a video to kind of show what I'm seeing (sorry for the cell phone quality). Let me know what you guys think!

https://vimeo.com/161380888
Thanks :fish2:!

 

[davocean]

Just looks like submission in the vid, usually you will see both going to town cleaning a rock absolutely sterile, and the female of course rounding out each day of doing so, but you are on track.

 

[sesheru95]

Awesome, thank you for the reply! Anything else to entice them into spawning besides having ideal params and feeding varied quality foods?

 

[davocean]

Just patience, it eventually comes

 

[sesheru95]

Will do, thanks again!

 

[Rudimenta]

Mating behavior, in this case submitting, could be weeks before the first nest could be months. Cleaning vigorously of one area by both the male and female is a better indication (like Davocean said) but even than it could be a long time. Patience indeed, but they bonded that's the first step!