Blac Calvus / Bristlenose Pleco

[leongreenway]

Hi anyone know if these two get on, just put in a black calvus and he retreated to the bottom of the tank, the BN saw him, raised his fin and started swimming backards, hitting the calvus, but he just backed up a bit, raised his fin and is sitting solid. The BN is about 4Inches long, the Calvus in about 2 and half the size.

I have a 2inch Red tailed Black shark. who i thought would have been the problem. He came over, Went up to the Calvus, had a sniff then swam off. Circled......now get this, he thought he'd join in with this Bazare business and started swimming back warns flicking his tail at the Calvus....What the hell is going on here. The RT Black shark is back to acting normal, swimming about and eating.

The other two are still standing off Fins raised.

I am guessing either BN thinks the Calvus is another Pleco cos of the spiky fin. so is trying to get a pecking order. The Calvus was in with a lot of bigger Cichlids and was not bothered by them so maybe thats why he aint budging.

I am also guessing the RTBs has showing off his colourful tail saying look i'm the boss.

Side note, Plec never messed with the RTBS, in fact kept hiding from him.

The order I put them in..

RTBS Week ago
Plec Saturday
Calvus 2 hours ago

Any ideas

Leon

 

[smithrc]

sounds like they are just sorting out territory - our plecs bicker sometimes too...

Start to worry if they dont let up - someone would normally back down before it got serious.

 

[leongreenway]

do you think plec thinks Calvus is a little plec ??

 

[smithrc]

probubly not - just territory at stake

 

[wuvmybetta]

Don't expect much out of the calvus, staying in one spot and holding their ground is what they do best. My calvus' live with an evil plec and they get along nicely. If the BN gets out of line the calvus will put him in his place. I'm sure everything will be fine,it's just territory disputes as already mentioned. You may have to add a new spot for your bn if it doesn't seem to work out.

 

[G_Sharky]

You shouldn't have a problem with the calvus as they will probably leave everybody alone and is good in defending themselves...I have a 1.5" calvus that is not being bothered, not even my ps. demasoni is messing with it and it's also not agressive to other fish, however it will be agressive to another calvus or compresessives type, so if your going to get another you might have to keep an close eye....