Hope and Bolle are going at it from time to time, but iy looks sweet.
they inspect thegravel together and move some of it.
Could theis be mating behaviour, for they stay together all the time.
No damage done in their quarrels, what do you think???

mine do the same things. fight all the time, never cause damage, and hide together in caves and dig all over the tank together. It has to be LOVE!!

tiger also seems to hide behind lutino during problems, and lutino seems to try to protect when the Red Devil used to be in there, but the RD got so mean that he constantly pestered the two.

Thats sounds kind of like these guys Noddy...

perhaps, the your fishes (three of you) have gotten a love potion


no kidding aside, the ritual signifies the normal spawning process
but it will take time before any eggs yet....

good luck to the three of you...

cebosound wrote:


Thanx, Cebo.
I forgot to embed the video.
Stupid...

Maybe they just need some herbs noddy? LOL

STAFFIE wrote:


They have a steady supply, but they keep wetting their lighters!
I may try to give them a flat stone of some kind and place that away from the pleco feeding spot.

Noddy wrote:

No worries Noddy. Cool video showing a little O aggression. They weren't delivering any damaging blows at all; leading me to believe you may have a breeding pair. Hope so

The contact allmost seems like kissing from time to time.
And there's no damage at all, except for scratches on Hope's nose, but that's from attacking the background in between the quarrels.

OH Look they are kissing!

Mine do the same all the time Noddy... As long as no one is hiding and scared, or seriously injured I would leave them to it!

Noddy I noticed that it looks like you keep your lighting pretty dim. I seems to give the tank a more amazon look i think. What do you do with your lighting?