Actually it is a serious question.
A few months ago I bought 20 and distributed them across my 3 tanks. In one of these tanks they act a lot like the 30 corys in there. Quite sociable, always out and about and not afraid of anything - not even the massive (and often grumpy) bristlenose. They don't spend much time in the substrate, but the cories do spend a lot of time on the plants and amongst the roots of the frogbit, so they are all over the tank.
In another tank they act very much like the dwarf chain loach in that tank. Also very gregarious, out and about but mostly spend their time in the lower half of the tank. The upper half is occupied by small active (microdevario kubotai) fish, may be significant when I get to tank #3. They are quite happy playing in amongst the loach, especially when there are algae wafers involved. Initially I was a bit concerned about this interaction but it is all peaceful. They are far more active in this tank than in the tank with the corys.
In tank 3 they seem to behave exactly like the CPD they share it with. Not terribly active and very fond of hiding. I usually struggle to find any of them in this tank. In fairness this is the tank with the densest foliage. They are all there, all nice and healthy with well rounded bellies. When I enter the room their first response is to dive for cover - just like the CPDs. When I treat them with algae wafers or spinach leaves it takes them a while to investigate and they almost appear to be intimidated by the tiny little CPDs, although there is no sign of aggression.
The distibution across the tanks is 8/6/6 so it does not have anything to do with the size of the group. Is this perhaps a sign that they really are intimidated / stressed by the CPDs and I should move them into the community tank? I can't see how they could be unfazed by the loach and intimidated by the CPD, but then I can't get into the mind of a fish
A few months ago I bought 20 and distributed them across my 3 tanks. In one of these tanks they act a lot like the 30 corys in there. Quite sociable, always out and about and not afraid of anything - not even the massive (and often grumpy) bristlenose. They don't spend much time in the substrate, but the cories do spend a lot of time on the plants and amongst the roots of the frogbit, so they are all over the tank.
In another tank they act very much like the dwarf chain loach in that tank. Also very gregarious, out and about but mostly spend their time in the lower half of the tank. The upper half is occupied by small active (microdevario kubotai) fish, may be significant when I get to tank #3. They are quite happy playing in amongst the loach, especially when there are algae wafers involved. Initially I was a bit concerned about this interaction but it is all peaceful. They are far more active in this tank than in the tank with the corys.
In tank 3 they seem to behave exactly like the CPD they share it with. Not terribly active and very fond of hiding. I usually struggle to find any of them in this tank. In fairness this is the tank with the densest foliage. They are all there, all nice and healthy with well rounded bellies. When I enter the room their first response is to dive for cover - just like the CPDs. When I treat them with algae wafers or spinach leaves it takes them a while to investigate and they almost appear to be intimidated by the tiny little CPDs, although there is no sign of aggression.
The distibution across the tanks is 8/6/6 so it does not have anything to do with the size of the group. Is this perhaps a sign that they really are intimidated / stressed by the CPDs and I should move them into the community tank? I can't see how they could be unfazed by the loach and intimidated by the CPD, but then I can't get into the mind of a fish
I like watching how fish react. Whenever I add something new to my tetra tank they all seem to school with their own kind
for a day or more until they get use to the change. Like the train station scene from the movie Zootopia
