squashedfrog77
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More of a fish behavioural question this than a problem, after an evening watching my three clowns (2 to 2 1/2 inches long), Ive just been in awe of how much they can get away with around the other tank members, who tend to get more territorial if other species try anything of the kind.
They have so far stolen food out of my dwarf gouramis mouth, appear to have tried to lie on one of my danios, tried repeatedly to "shoal" with my Beta only to end up bumping into him continously. Last night one repeatedly slapped my plec around the face with its tail whilst digging a tunnel under the bogwood and I sat amazed as the three of them burrowed underneath him, actually almost bodily moving him to one side when he sat resting on some pellets I'd put down for them. He's around four times their size! I swear at one point one looked like he was stratching himself against the plec.
The weird thing is that not only do the others not react to the loaches, its almost like they are invisable. On the rare occasions the loaches appear to get on nerves, the other fish simply shift gently away from them. Heirarchy does exist in the tank and we have plenty of hiding places and room, the loaches themselves are not territorial, if anything, I think they are just sodding clumsy and a bit daft. Why hasnt it resulted in a nipping?
They have so far stolen food out of my dwarf gouramis mouth, appear to have tried to lie on one of my danios, tried repeatedly to "shoal" with my Beta only to end up bumping into him continously. Last night one repeatedly slapped my plec around the face with its tail whilst digging a tunnel under the bogwood and I sat amazed as the three of them burrowed underneath him, actually almost bodily moving him to one side when he sat resting on some pellets I'd put down for them. He's around four times their size! I swear at one point one looked like he was stratching himself against the plec.
The weird thing is that not only do the others not react to the loaches, its almost like they are invisable. On the rare occasions the loaches appear to get on nerves, the other fish simply shift gently away from them. Heirarchy does exist in the tank and we have plenty of hiding places and room, the loaches themselves are not territorial, if anything, I think they are just sodding clumsy and a bit daft. Why hasnt it resulted in a nipping?