One of my barbs has gone a dark purple, and is "dancing" around my other one. Will they actually breed or is the poor male out of luck. Is the female able to be convinced to breed?
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first of all you need to know if you have a pair---look at their tails---a male will have a pronounced "V" to their tails wheareas the female will have a "rounded V". If this is the case they are in preliminary mating and they are egg layers just in case you aren't aware of it. If they were alone in the tank you would have a better chance of successful breeding but it can be done in a community tank but watch them closely.
hard to tell if they are dancing in circles some times that can mean matting but it could allso be a fight. you can not force them to mate no more then you can force poeple. water temp can some times trick them into mating make it a little cooler and put in some fesh water.
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