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This is some great information that I obtained through a Marine Biologist and found some information online to back it and wanted to share it with everyone..
I just transitioned over to LEDS and turned the blue lights on and my powder brown went completely insane.. I couldn't figure out why the blue lights only were bringing out this type of behavior..
The actual cause is LEDS create a true lunar cycle and the information below shows that these type of surgeon fish look for a mate and such during this cycle. This is what caused him to become aggressive when the blues were on. Very interesting info.
Some information has been collected concerning the reproductive habits of marine surgeonfish...
"surgeonfish, along with rabbitfish they are gonochoristic (each fish is either male or female) rather than being hermaphrodites. There are few sexual differences, though in some Naso species the males are larger than females. For the others sexual dichromatism exists only during spawning.
Spawnings are tied to the lunar cycle, some surgeonfish will spawn on a new moon and others around the full moon. Many surgeonfish are group spawners, with fish coming together from around the reef late in the afternoon, forming a large aggregate. Others such as the Zebrasoma species, spawn in pairs.
The courtship consists of males searching out gravid females, and then changing colors and performing a shimmering movement to entice the female to spawn. The pair rises together toward the surface in an arc shaped path, simultaneously releasing their gametes into the open water at the apex of the arc. Males may spawn with several females in a single session, while sexually mature females spawn only about once a month"
Pulled this info from http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/information/breedmarine.php#Tangs
I just transitioned over to LEDS and turned the blue lights on and my powder brown went completely insane.. I couldn't figure out why the blue lights only were bringing out this type of behavior..
The actual cause is LEDS create a true lunar cycle and the information below shows that these type of surgeon fish look for a mate and such during this cycle. This is what caused him to become aggressive when the blues were on. Very interesting info.
Some information has been collected concerning the reproductive habits of marine surgeonfish...
"surgeonfish, along with rabbitfish they are gonochoristic (each fish is either male or female) rather than being hermaphrodites. There are few sexual differences, though in some Naso species the males are larger than females. For the others sexual dichromatism exists only during spawning.
Spawnings are tied to the lunar cycle, some surgeonfish will spawn on a new moon and others around the full moon. Many surgeonfish are group spawners, with fish coming together from around the reef late in the afternoon, forming a large aggregate. Others such as the Zebrasoma species, spawn in pairs.
The courtship consists of males searching out gravid females, and then changing colors and performing a shimmering movement to entice the female to spawn. The pair rises together toward the surface in an arc shaped path, simultaneously releasing their gametes into the open water at the apex of the arc. Males may spawn with several females in a single session, while sexually mature females spawn only about once a month"
Pulled this info from http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/information/breedmarine.php#Tangs
